Agriculture Victoria says La Nina responsible for large population of Queensland fruit fly in state

Organic farmer Ant Wilson’s summer fruit harvest looked a little different this year.

As he walked along his orchard in Harcourt, in Central Victoria, his plums seemed ripe, but he could see tiny puncture marks and softening fruit.

“When I opened them up, there’s tiny larvae moving inside, making the fruit mushy and gross — I couldn’t sell this,” Mr Wilson said.

“We picked a whole bucket of plums this morning, and it’s affecting our apricots —…