Italy: The northern climate no longer scares olive fly

Due to the ongoing climate changes that result in increasingly milder winters, the danger of the oil fly has become more significant even in northern Italy. How to defend yourself The olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) is a Tefritide dipteran in fief of the olive tree of pan-Mediterranean origin (Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East up to India) which today has also spread to the Canary Islands, Eritrea, in South Africa, the Middle East and, more recently, also in California. Article published in the column The Eye of the Earth and Life Phytopathologist Subscribe and access the digital newsstand He prefers the heat The olive fly is present in all cultivation areas and is the key species for the defense of this crop even in the northernmost areas. The presence of the insect and its potential danger progressively decrease as it moves towards the northernmost areas of olive cultivation, since its survival from one year to the next can be easily hampered by low winter ...