USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a news release that it has expanded the European cherry fruit fly (ECFF) quarantine to include Onondaga, Oswego and Seneca Counties in New York. This action, which APHIS said it worked in cooperation with the New York State Department of Agriculture on, expands the quarantine by 1,018 square miles and includes 23 areas of commercial cherry production.
APHIS says it detected four adult ECFF in Oswego County between June 17 and June 26, 2024, and counties in the quarantine now include Cayuga, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Senaca and Wayne Counties. In total, the ECFF quarantine comprises 7,353 square miles and 1,539 acres of commercial cherry production.
APHIS says this quarantine does not include the Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tonawanda, and Tuscarora Indian Reservations.
The invasive species was first identified in New York in 2017 and most likely spread through the movement of infested fruit.
