How Auckland's fruit fly could impact the Bay

Kiwifruit industry experts are concerned by the discovery of a third Queensland fruit fly in New Zealand in about a year.

A single, male fruit fly was collected from a trap in Grey Lynn late on Monday afternoon, and formally identified as a male Queensland fruit fly late on Tuesday, MPI said.

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Kiwifruit Vine Health chief executive Barry O'Neil said the fact the insects were getting into the country was a worry as an outbreak would have a major impact on the industry.

Mr O'Neil said the timing of the find was good for kiwifruit as it was still more than a month away from the start of the harvesting season.

"Providing we don't find any more fruit flies in Grey Lynn we don't expect any impact."
But finding a breeding population, even in Auckland, could be disastrous, he said.