<p>The voracious guava fruit fly of South Asian origin has been spotted in San Jose, California and local officials are doing what they can to contain the spread, according to NBC Bay Area.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"The first thing that we did when we caught the very first one was we put out hundreds of traps to really pinpoint and find out how severe the infestation is," said Joseph Deviney, Santa Clara County Agricultural Commissioner.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The guava flies lay their eggs inside fruit and reproduce quickly. There could be tens of thousands of flies flying around in a matter of weeks if left unchecked.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Foreign countries where we ship our produce to. $43 billion industry moving produce all over the world. A lot of those countries might say halt, stop., I don't want that fly. Don't ship anything to me. And then it would get more complicated for exports," Deviney said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Santa Clara County agricultural crews will put up "bait stations" on all of the trees and utility poles in the neighborhood where the flies were spotted. A sticky, gelatin like insecticide substance will be applied onto the trees and poles about ten feet above the ground intended to attract and eradicate the flies.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Guava-Fruit-Flies-Threaten-Californias-Fruit-Industry-215622061.html" target="_new">Guava Fly Report</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
