The total fly count is up to 491 flies, with one fly picked up outside the treatment area yesterday, about one mile south of the southern boundary. I think we have reason to be guardedly optimistic that counts have stabilized, and may be starting to decrease as a result of the ground applications. The flies being trapped outside the treatment area are somewhat problematic - but thus far, these remain single detections. We are two weeks into the program from the first detection of May 12th, again, still a little early to assume that the infested area has been completely defined.
Ground crews continue to apply the second round of ground bait applications.
Fruit stripping continues as well. No more flies have been detected, the count is stable at 1314 flies. Ground bait applications continue in the buffered areas around sensitive sites. EPA is being contacted concerning additional aerial applications. We received our first shipment of pupae since the closing of the Guatemala Airport last week.