Fitoverm: clear and simple instructions for use

Purpose and application

"Fitoverm" has a wide spectrum of insectoacaronematocidal action and is highly effective against leaf-eating and leaf-sucking plant pests, as well as against many ecto- and endoparasites of farm animals.

This is one of the recommended medications for ticks, including spider mites. Efficiency has been confirmed in treatments against aphids, lepidopteran caterpillars, sawfly larvae, sea buckthorn flies, codling moths, cabbage and turnip moths, leaf rollers, moths, Colorado potato beetles and many others. etc. When treating indoor and greenhouse flowers, Fitoverm is effective for controlling the number of western flower thrips. The vegetative parts of the plant are sprayed against pests with a working solution obtained from an emulsion concentrate.

The powder form “Fitoverma” is used for uniform distribution in the soil to combat root-knot nematodes.

The drug is actively used in private household plots and in agriculture.

Season of activity

The cherry fly becomes most active in early summer. In southern latitudes this period begins a little earlier. It is facilitated by an increase in air temperature to +18 °C. By this time the soil is already warming up well. If you observe these pests, you will notice that their activity increases significantly in very hot and sunny weather.

Adults begin laying eggs approximately 7-14 days after leaving the false cocoon. To do this, they select both unripe and already ripening fruits. Only one egg is laid per berry. For 10 days they are inside the fetus. After which larvae appear from them, very similar to white worms. Their size is quite small. They live in the berry for about 15-20 days. They feed on pulp. During this period of time they molt twice. After which they leave the fruit and pupate in the soil under the tree at a depth of 5 cm.

When such flies are most active, the yield in cherries is reduced by 50%, and in cherries by 30%.

Biological pest control product Fitoverm

Fitoverm is a biological preparation that destroys an impressive proportion of garden and garden pests.

It is used on all types of open and protected ground crops, including indoor plants.

Fitoverm belongs to the group of insectoacaricides, that is, the product is effective against both leaf-eating insects and mites:

• Colorado potato beetle;
• sawfly;
• codling moths;
• moths;
• all types of aphids;
• gall mite;
• herbivorous mites;
• scale insects;
• leaf rollers;
• whiteflies;
• thrips;
• mealbugs;
• caterpillars;
• cutworm and other pest butterflies;
• moles.
• and so on.

In total, it protects green spaces from 20 types of dangerous harmful insects and ticks.

The drug is produced by LLC NBC "Pharmbiomed" in vessels of different volumes - in ampoules from 2 to 100 milliliters for private use; in bottles of 200, 400 milliliters and canisters of 1-5 liters for farms. The active agent of Fitoverm is Avermectin S, standard dosage 2 g/l.

Usually the name of the pesticide is accompanied by the abbreviation EC. It stands for "concentrated emulsion".

There are several subspecies on sale:

1. Fitoverm M has acaricidal and insecticidal properties and works equally well in an open garden bed and in a greenhouse.
2. Fitoverm Forte contains more active substance (10 g/l), which allows you to effectively eradicate ticks.
3. Fitoverm P is produced in powder form and is intended to combat nematodes.

If the area is large, I advise you to buy the drug in a large package. This makes it more economical.

Methods for controlling cherry flies

There are many ways to destroy cherry flies: from the use of chemicals to agricultural techniques and folk methods. Every gardener will find a suitable means to destroy the pest.

Agrotechnical measures

You can fight the cherry fly without resorting to chemicals. To do this, in early May, cover the tree trunk circle with agrofibre or a piece of gauze and carefully cover the edges of the material with earth. Then the insects will not be able to fly out from under the shelter and will die under the fabric.

Insecticides for cherry flies

There are many chemical means for getting rid of insects, but it is worth considering that any such preparations cannot be used on trees of early varieties. But for crops with medium or late ripening, the following insecticides are considered the best preparations:

1. "Aktellik". The drug is diluted with water at the rate of 20 ml per 20 liters of water. Each tree is treated with 2-5 liters of the resulting solution.
2. "Fufanon." The drug is diluted at the rate of 10 ml per 10 liters of water. Each tree requires 2 to 5 liters of solution.
3. "Confidor". The consumption rate of the drug is 1 gram per 10-14 liters of water. The resulting solution is enough to treat 4-6 trees.

It is worth considering that crops need to be treated with insecticides twice a season. Timing for treating trees against cherry flies:

1. Carry out the first spraying at the end of May, when the mass emergence of pests begins.
2. Re-treat the trees after two weeks. At this time, the insect begins to lay larvae.

Remember that you cannot spray trees with the same preparation twice. In this case, the insect gets used to the insecticide and it does not bring any effect. Warning! Never treat trees during flowering. This harms the flowers themselves and the future harvest. In addition, insecticides are extremely toxic to bees. The last treatment can be carried out no later than 20 days before harvest. Otherwise, the berries will become hazardous to health.

Traps

Special traps will help destroy most of the pest colony. They come in two types: liquid and sticky. Moreover, each type of trap can be easily made with your own hands:

1. Liquid. Fill a plastic bottle with any sweet liquid. Compote, kvass, and an aqueous solution of honey are suitable. Flies will fly inside to feast on the liquid and will no longer be able to get out. It is enough to hang 5-6 of these traps on each cherry tree to get rid of insects.
2. Adhesive. Apply a long-drying adhesive solution to the yellow cardboard.

If you don't have cardboard, use an old tin can. But be sure to paint it yellow.

It’s easy to make such a trap for killing cherry flies yourself:

Jar trap

Folk methods of struggle

The insect has a strong sense of smell, and traditional methods of control are aimed precisely at scaring away pests with an unpleasant odor. The following solutions have proven themselves well:

1. Coniferous solution. Fill the pan with pine or spruce needles. Pour boiling water over it and boil for 30 minutes. Strain the cooled solution and spray the trees with it.
2. Tobacco-soap solution. Mix 0.4-1 kg of tobacco dust in 10 liters of hot water. Let the solution sit for 24 hours, and then boil it for half an hour. Strain the liquid and add grated laundry soap to it at the rate of 40 g per 10 liters. Dilute the solution with water in a ratio of 1 to 2 and spray the trees with it. Make sure that the liquid gets not only on the crown and trunk, but also on the tree trunk circle.

If you are raising chickens, then biological pest control is available to you. Regularly release birds into the garden to snatch and eat the larvae. This will destroy most of the colony.

Composition and principle of action of Fitoverm

Avermectins, on the basis of which Fitoverm is created, are produced by a special bacterium Streptomyces avermitilis and are classified as neurotoxic poisons.

They have a paralyzing effect on arthropods, due to which they lose the ability to feed and die of starvation.

The substance enters the pest’s body in two ways:

• contact, that is, through loose soft covers;
• intestinal, that is, together with poisoned food.

After spraying, pests stop damaging leaves after 6-16 hours. Death occurs 2-3 days after treatment, complete extermination occurs by 5-7 days.

The period of protective action of the drug ranges from 7 to 20 days. Light rain and heavy dew reduce this period to a minimum of 5-7 days.

Reasons for the appearance of pests in the garden

Where do cherry flies come from in the garden and why did your trees suffer such an unenviable fate? There is no special reason, because it is quite natural for these insects to lay eggs in the fruits of trees, this is their life, its meaning. They unmistakably find their “victims” by the sweet smell of the juice (by the way, many methods of repelling cherry flies are based on this). And if several trees grow nearby (as usually happens in our gardens), then this is a real haven for pests.

In addition, even if you managed to defeat the cherry fly, you should still be on guard in subsequent years: insects can get into your garden from your neighbors, this is the first thing. Secondly, the pupae are able to remain in the ground for 2-3 years and crawl out when, it would seem, you don’t expect it at all.

Mechanism of action

According to the method of penetration, Fitoverm is a contact-intestinal pesticide (insectoacaricide). Entering the body of an insect pest through the outer integument when spraying or after eating treated leaves, the substance affects the receptors of the nervous system, causing paralysis and subsequent death.

The speed of action of the drug is that 8-10 hours after treatment, the pests stop feeding, and die after 3-6 days.

The period of protective action of the drug is up to 20 days, depending on the number of pests and climatic conditions. Treatment intervals depend on air temperature. Considering the lack of resistance (addiction), Fitoverm can be used repeatedly, including for several years in a row.

How to identify a harmful insect?

Sometimes it is very difficult to notice a cherry fly. Gardeners can recognize its presence by spoiled berries, but at this time it is too late to do anything. If last year the cherry harvest was spoiled, then this year it is worth preparing for a similar outcome.

The cherry fly is a very small insect that reaches a size of 5.5 mm.

Its body is shiny black, its legs and head are yellow, its shield is orange, and its eyes are green. It feeds on aphids, cherry and cherry juice. To reproduce, the fly pierces the flesh of the fruit and lays an egg inside it. It doesn't matter whether the berry is ripe or not yet.

More damage is caused by fly larvae, which can reach 7 mm as they grow.

If you break the berry, it is easy to detect the larva. The larva stays inside the fruit for 15-30 days, after which it leaves and penetrates the soil, where it becomes covered with a false cocoon. In this state they survive the winter, going 15 cm deep into the soil.

Cherry and sweet cherry trees may have distinctive signs if they are attacked by a cherry fly:

• As soon as the fruits begin to take on color, you can notice black dots on them. These are marks from the puncture of the skin by the ovipositor. It was in this place that the egg was laid, from which the larva would subsequently develop.
• Then, in place of the black dot, a depression forms, which will begin to rot over time.
• A ripe berry is distinguished by its dullness and softness - this means that it is affected by the larva of the cherry fly.

To protect the tree from the invasion of this insect, you need to hang sticky fly traps in early spring - you can make them yourself. Take small plywood, paint it yellow and apply a sticky substance such as ALT glue. Keep in mind that such protection can only identify the pest.

If you find from 2 to 5 flies glued to the board, then it is worth treating the trees with insecticides. A massive cherry fly infestation will be indicated by more than 15 attached insects. If at this stage you treat the trees in a timely manner, you can assume that the harvest has been saved.

Instructions for use

The biological substances that make up the product do not accumulate in the plant, fruit, or environment. Therefore, treatment can be carried out throughout the growing season, as soon as there is a threat of pest attack.

General recommendations

The drug is applied to plants by spraying as insects appear during the growing season of plants.

One treatment with Fitoverm is usually not enough to completely destroy the pest. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out repeated treatments at intervals of 7 days.

Light precipitation, heavy dew, and low temperatures reduce the effectiveness of the drug.

Precautions for use

The drug "Fitoverm" belongs to class 3 - moderately hazardous substances.

Plant treatment must be carried out using generally accepted personal protective measures. It is prohibited to store the diluted working solution.

The active ingredient "Aversectin-S" does not accumulate in fruits and vegetables, which allows it to be used even during the harvest period. The drug is non-toxic within the recommended doses of use.

In the environment, Fitoverm quickly degrades. Containers and remnants of the drug must be destroyed with household waste.

We must remember that the drug poses a danger to human life. And if it gets into your eyes, you should immediately rinse them with plenty of warm water. If the product gets on the skin, the area should be washed thoroughly with soap and rinsed with plenty of water.

If the drug gets into the oral cavity, then it is necessary to induce vomiting. Then take sorbents. If the condition worsens, consult a doctor immediately.

Also, the drug cannot be used during the budding period, as it is poisonous to bees. When it gets into the soil, the drug quickly decomposes, but pouring it into any water bodies is prohibited.

How to breed Fitoverm

Convenient packaging of Fitoverma makes the process of preparing the working solution much easier.

It is possible to immediately purchase ampoules with the required volume of liquid and make a solution according to the rules:

1. Provide your face and hands with personal protective equipment and carefully open the container with the drug;
2. Gently mix the substance with the required amount of water and stir with a long stick, in no case with your hands;
3. Pour the resulting solution into a spray bottle and begin the spraying procedure.

It is not recommended to store the prepared solution for more than a day, since the main active ingredient has already lost its properties, and the pest still continues to eat the plant.

Who harms cherries?

Unfortunately, the army of insects that harm cherry trees is quite numerous. It is very dangerous when pests begin a massive invasion of the garden, so it is necessary not to wait for such situations, but to carry out mandatory preventive measures. But first, let's deal with the “portraits” of insects that are enemies of cherries.

Cherry aphid

The cherry aphid is a microscopic black or sometimes green insect that settles in entire colonies on the leaves, stalks and tops of tree branches. The larvae appear in the spring, they suck the juice from the leaves, as a result of which the leaves stop growing, wither, dry out and die. Flying females carry the larvae throughout the garden, and all trees are exposed to aphid infestation. Very often, ants appear along with aphids, attracted by the secretions of the larvae, which they use as food.

Slimy sawfly

Another enemy of cherries is the cherry slimy sawfly, which lays its larvae on the leaves of the tree. Leech larvae mercilessly eat all the foliage, the trees dry out, presenting a very sad sight.

Cherry weevil

It is a small bug of bronze-lilac color. It appears on cherries in the spring, actively eats buds, flowers and young ovaries, and already in mid-summer, female weevils lay new larvae in still green berries. The larvae feed on fruit seeds, gnawing them from the inside, which leads to spoilage of berries, falling and loss of yield. Infestations of the cherry weevil are often widespread, therefore, if measures are not taken, the gardener will not see ripe cherries.

Golden silkworm or goldtail

Lacewings are butterflies that lay eggs in the foliage of cherry trees. The larvae that then appear eat the leaves, and the damaged foliage with only veins is then wrapped in cobwebs. In these unique cocoons, silkworm caterpillars hide for the winter, and then in the spring, after hibernation, they feed on young cherry buds.

Shoot moth

The danger comes from the greenish-yellow larvae of this butterfly, which in the spring eat cherry buds, newly emerging leaves, and buds. The buds and leaves dry out and curl up, resembling frost damage.

Bark beetle

The bark beetle is dangerous not only for cherries, but also for sweet cherries, as well as for all trees in the garden. Females of this insect gnaw winding passages in the bark of fruit trees, where they lay eggs. The emerging bark beetle larvae feed on wood, causing irreparable damage to both young and mature trees.

Sapwood

Insects that, like bark beetles, damage cherry wood. They settle in the sapwood under the bark, gnaw out passages, corridors, and large holes from which gum can ooze. Cherries that are affected by sapwood stop growing and dry out. If you do not notice these pests in time, then at an advanced stage it is very difficult to fight sapwood.

cherry fly

This insect loves to eat ripe cherry fruits, and if damaged berries are not detected, you can lose up to a third of the harvest. The fly lays eggs in the berries, and then the emerging larvae feed on the ripe pulp. Cherry fruits become soft, with depressions, and spoiled.

Plum moth

Despite this name, this pest affects both plums and cherry fruits. It is a butterfly with purple wings, but the most terrible damage is caused to cherries by the larvae of the codling moth - yellow-brown caterpillars. The butterfly lays eggs in unripe cherry fruits, and the hatched larvae begin to devour the pulp en masse. The cherry berries turn out to be wormy, and the harvest is ruined.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the advantages of the drug Fitoverm the following can be noted:

• Effectively fights about 20 types of pests.
• It does not penetrate into the plant or fruit through plant membranes, therefore it does not accumulate in the fruit.

Important! Fitoverm can be used during fruiting without harm to human health.

• Can be used at any phase of plant development when parasites appear.
• Becomes more effective at high temperatures.
• Does not inhibit treated plants.
• Disintegrates quickly in the ground.
• Does not have resistance.
• It is sold in containers of different volumes, so it is convenient to use a specific dosage.

Over the many years of using the drug, several disadvantages were discovered:

1. High price. Fitoverm is several times more expensive than other insecticides.
2. Relatively weak efficiency. Since this is a biological substance, plants must be processed several times to obtain the desired result, but it does not cause significant harm to crops.
3. Cannot be combined with other pesticides.
4. Harmful to honey insects.
5. Has an unpleasant odor.
6. Not suitable for soil treatment, as the substance quickly evaporates.
7. Loses effectiveness upon contact with water. Therefore, during processing, an adhesive substance must be added to the solution. For example, soap.

Plants must be processed in clear weather without precipitation, otherwise the procedure will not bring results.

For spraying use a fine spray. The product is evenly distributed over the leaves.

Advice! Treatment is carried out in the evening, since in the dark avermectin B1 slowly decomposes and the effect of the drug will be longer.

Spraying is not carried out during precipitation and at air temperatures below +17 °C.

Fighting methods

As soon as the sun begins to warm up, you can use various traps and baits for flies.

For example, hang a special fly trap on a tree, bought in a store, or make it yourself, applying, for example, a mixture of long-drying glue and sweet syrup to cardboard or film.

You can make traps based on liquid baits. To do this, a sweetish composition is poured into a cut plastic bottle, which attracts flies. They flock to its smell and remain in the bottle.

Therefore, the use of chemicals for spraying trees should begin 7-8 days after the start of flowering. And repeated spraying is carried out after 10-15 days, but no later than 3 weeks before the appearance of the first harvest.

• The drug Golden Spark, 5 milliliters of which is diluted in 5 liters of water, gives a very good effect.
• There is a less dangerous insecticide Iskra Bio, the use of which is allowed until the fruit is harvested.
• The following insecticides are recommended for use: Karate, Lightning, Actellik. When treating trees against this insect pest, it will be better if the solution gets on the soil, this will destroy the larvae remaining in it.
• Among the particularly effective chemical remedies, you can use a 10% aqueous solution of the drug DNOC, which will not only get rid of harmful insects, but will also save plants from many diseases. But you need to take into account that it is very toxic. After using it on treated trees, you should not carry out other types of work. And it can be used no more often than once every three years.

The use of pesticides on early ripening cherry varieties is extremely undesirable.

How to get rid of cherry flies using folk remedies

• Among the folk remedies for combating cherry flies on fruit trees and shrubs, decoctions of coniferous branches, dandelion leaves, wormwood or tobacco are used. All this can help cope with the fly during the very beginning of fruit ripening. The fact is that these decoctions disorient insects.
• A soap solution that acts against aphids will also help save the crop from cherry flies. The first spraying with a herbal or soap solution is carried out when young flies begin to fly out of their cocoons, the second after two weeks, and the third also after the same period of time.

If the fruits are slightly affected by cherry fly larvae, collecting them before processing and soaking them in cold water, this method makes it possible to partially get rid of the larvae present in them.

Precautionary measures

• While working with the drug, it is forbidden to eat, drink or smoke.
• The use of safety glasses, protective clothing, gloves and a respirator is mandatory.
• After spraying, wash your face and hands with soapy water and rinse your mouth with clean water.

If you spill the drug, fill the area with some sorbent: sawdust, sand, peat or granulated clay, then collect the sorbent and neutralize it with a five percent alkali solution.

The container of the drug should not be thrown into landfills or water bodies. Do not use empty containers under any circumstances: they must be burned in a specially designated place, being careful not to inhale the smoke.

Precautions when working with the drug

Fitoverm is assigned hazard class 3, that is, it poses a moderate danger to people and animals. If concentrated vapors are inhaled, it can cause a severe allergy attack, and if ingested, it can cause mild poisoning.

When it gets into the soil, it quickly loses activity and does not cause much damage. But do not allow the solution to leak into water bodies, as it is fatal to fish.

If you dropped the concentrate onto the ground, sprinkle the area with sawdust, peat or sand and pour it with a 5% solution of soda (or any other alkali).

When working with the drug, you should use a full set of protective equipment: gloves, glasses, a scarf for the nose and mouth. After applying the insecticide, wash your hands and face with water and soap, and rinse your mouth thoroughly.

Do not eat, drink or smoke while spraying. The drug packaging is placed in a separate bag and then disposed of in the trash.

If poison accidentally ends up in the stomach, you should immediately drink 3-4 glasses of clean water and activated carbon at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kilograms of weight. Then you should induce vomiting. If it gets into the eyes, wash them with warm water, trying not to close the eyelids.

If you continue to feel unwell, weakness, or nausea, you should immediately contact the hospital for professional help.

The biological product poses a threat to bees, so it is used with caution during the budding and flowering phase. But if you do the treatments in the evening, within 8-10 hours the solution is partially neutralized and is no longer so dangerous for striped workers.

How to process?

The Fitoverma working solution can be used in combination with biological products that stimulate plant growth, provided that no sediment is formed when mixing the drugs . Treatment of indoor flowers is carried out using a sprayer.

When treating indoor plants against spider mites, scale insects, thrips, whiteflies, and aphids, it is recommended that the spraying process be performed outdoors or on an open and ventilated balcony. In windy and cold weather, it is better not to carry out treatment, choosing a dry and warm day. As a rule, treatment is performed 2-3 times with an interval of 7-10 days. The effect of the treatment is noticeable after 3 days.

When treating indoor plants affected by an invasion of insect pests, you need to spray all the flowers that were next to each other. This should be done for preventive purposes to prevent recurrence of infection.

The treatment is carried out on dry plants, and is best done in the daytime.

Traditional methods of protecting cherry trees from pest flies

Folk wisdom can help answer the question of how to get rid of cherry flies. Some gardeners are against chemical tree protection. In this case, you can use old folk methods of protection:

• After the cherry trees bloom and the weather warms up, prepare a sweet liquid - it can be kvass, honey water, beer or compote. Pour it into open-topped eggplants and hang it on the trees. 4 jars per tree will be enough, but try to hang them evenly. As the liquid ferments, it will attract all the insects. Your task is to add liquid to the jars and remove dead insects.
• The cherry fly has poorly developed vision; it finds the desired fruit by smell. You can, of course, use chemical treatment, but this is undesirable; there is another remedy: during fruit set, prepare a cocktail for processing them; to do this, boil spruce or pine branches with water, then spray the berries. It will be difficult for a fly to find fruits to lay eggs by smell. But keep in mind that after the first rain you will need to spray again.
• When picking cherries, try to collect all the fruits at once, then the fly will not have time to completely spoil them.
• When the collection is completed, collect all the carrion on the floor and clean the soil around the tree well. This way you will protect the ground from fly larvae getting into it and pupating.
• Measures to combat the cherry fly using tobacco: take 1 kg of fresh tobacco or half a kilo of dry tobacco. Fill it with 10 liters of water and leave to infuse. After this, boil the product for 1 hour. After straining it, dilute it with water in proportions of 1 to 2 and spray the tree.
• Decoctions can be prepared with the addition of wormwood, garlic, onion peels - all of them can scare away insects with their pungent odor. For greater effect, laundry soap is added to the solution. This treatment of trees can be carried out up to 2-3 times a week.

In addition to the cherry fly, it is necessary to fight aphids by all means, since they feed on these small insects.

Decoctions of tobacco, wormwood, garlic, etc. They are also used to combat aphids, and laundry soap added to the infusion can create an airtight film on the leaves of plants, under which the aphids suffocate.

To combat them, you can use insecticides, or prepare your own means to destroy them. You will need boric acid or burlap soaked in kerosene, laid out under a tree. The pungent odors of these products will repel insects for a long time. Many gardeners know which plants repel insects and plant them near cherry and sweet cherry trees. These include: calendula, marigolds, nasturtium.

Garden flies, unlike ordinary flies, are not carriers of infection, but the damage they cause to plants is sometimes comparable to a real disaster. Vegetable garden pest flies themselves do little damage to plantings; much more damage is caused by their larvae, which feed on young leaves and fruit ovaries. Read below about the fight against pests such as onion flies, carrot flies, cherry flies and other flies.

How to properly use Fitoverm for indoor flowers

For a good result from treatment with Fitoverm, three main conditions are observed:

1. Warm. After spraying, the flowers are kept at a temperature not lower than +25 degrees. The drug almost does not work at temperatures below +18 degrees.
2. Multiple treatments.
   At a temperature of +20...25 degrees, the solution is sprayed 3-4 times with an interval of 7 days. If it is hot at home, the break is reduced to 5 days.
3. Times of Day. Fitoverm quickly loses its strength under solar radiation, so it is better to do treatments in the pre-sunset hours.

Fitoverm does not affect insect larvae and eggs. Only repeated use deprives pests of a chance to restore the population.

I recommend performing at least 4 applications, even if after spraying three times the insects have completely disappeared. But then for the last time use a weak solution with a concentration of 2 g/l.

To prevent mass infection, be sure to spray not only the plant being attacked, but also its neighbors on the windowsill or shelf.

The solution is applied to dry leaves using a fine spray bottle. If there are few leaves, it is good to use sponges or cotton pads.

To ensure success in the fight against parasites, spraying is carried out at the earliest signs of their presence on a houseplant.

Treatment begins at the top of the flower and gradually moves down to the lower tier of the plant. At the same time, the front and back sides of the leaf plate are generously moistened - this is where the majority of pests usually hide.

The remains of the solution are spilled onto the soil in the pots. This allows you to kill off insects that are still sitting in the soil.

For 24 hours after applying the solution, domestic flowers are not watered and the air around them is not humidified. The fact is that the drug quickly deactivates at high humidity .

Ways to combat this pest

If you encounter these larvae and adult insect pests while growing cherries, then a set of measures is needed that will allow you to destroy both adult flies and larvae in the fruit, and the gardener will be able to preserve his harvest. We offer you recommendations on how to combat the cherry fly.

First of all, try to plant early varieties of cherries and cherries. It has been noted that early varieties of stone fruit crops are practically not damaged by these insects. By the time of harvest, flies simply do not have time to start laying eggs, which eliminates problems for the gardener. But medium and late ripe varieties are at risk.

The fly and its eggs overwinter in the surface layer of soil. Therefore, the soil should be loosened in spring, summer and autumn, which will reduce the number of these insects. Moreover, it is necessary to loosen the soil and the tree trunk to a depth of about 10 centimeters. If the fruit is seriously damaged by the cherry fly, it is necessary to spray the trees with insecticides.

Karate drug

We can recommend you the products Karate, Lightning, Spark. If repeated spraying is carried out, then these products must be alternated.

When using the same agrochemical, addiction to the active substance may occur, and insects simply will not respond to the applied products. It is recommended to spray twice, with the first application carried out early in the morning, and the second after 15 days. It is necessary to combat the fly and its eggs with insecticides and mechanical traps.

During the period of mass emergence of flies, and this time falls on the flowering of acacia, you can use glue traps. They are glass jars tied to a tree and filled with sticky liquid.

Despite their simplicity, they are extremely effective. Traps can also be made from cut cardboard, bright yellow paper is glued onto it and an adhesive composition is applied on top; which does not harden in air for a long time.

If you are against the use of chemicals, you can adopt various effective folk methods to combat this pest.

Lure flies with kvass

So, for example, immediately after the cherry blossoms, you need to take a sweet liquid, for example, beer, honey water or compote and pour it into cut plastic cups. Hang cups (jars) with sweet liquid on a tree.

Four traps on a tree will be enough to significantly reduce the colony of these dangerous insect pests. Just remember to refresh the liquid in the bottle from time to time and remove trapped insects. However, this method does not destroy the larvae and eggs of the pest.

It has been noted that the fly does not like strong odors. Therefore, we recommend planting thyme or other fragrant herbs in close proximity to cherry plantings. You can also effectively spray trees with a solution based on wood ash.

Thyme

This effectively destroys larvae and adult flies and at the same time supplies the tree with the microelements it needs. It is recommended not to delay harvesting and collect the cherries at the same time, after which you immediately destroy all the carrion and dig up the ground to a depth of 20 centimeters.

It has been noted that the cherry fly loves to feast on aphid secretions. Therefore, if aphid colonies appear on your trees, a fly will soon appear. It is necessary to carry out inspections of trees, and if insects or pests appear, immediately carry out treatment.

Against aphids, you can use a decoction of wormwood, a tincture on tobacco leaves, or a solution of laundry soap. In early spring, even before the buds swell and the fruits appear, it is necessary to dig up the soil around the tree trunk to a depth of 20-25 centimeters. This will destroy cherry flour larvae, eggs and pupae overwintering in the ground.

Indications for use of "Fitoverm"

The drug is intended to combat various types of parasites: insects, arachnids (including ticks), nematodes. The concentrated emulsion is used in the fight against the most dangerous pests of garden plots. These include:

• spider mites, gall mites;
• aphid;
• mole;
• scale insect;
• hawk moths;
• leaf beetles;
• bark beetles;

• gall midges;
• thrips;
• scoops;
• weevils;
• silkworms;
• leaf rollers.

Fitoverm against spider mites and other pests is used on different types of plants:

• fruit;
• berry;
• citrus;

• decorative;
• vegetable crops.

In case of a spider mite attack, it is allowed to use the drug on open and closed ground, as well as indoors (for treating indoor plants). Signs for which the use of this product is recommended:

• change in leaf shape;
• the appearance of light spots on the tissues of the above-ground part of the plant;
• inhibition of plant growth;

• deformation of buds, fruits;
• web formation.

Application of Fitoverm in its dosage

Plant pests beet fly and garden fatty leg

Beet leaf miner

lays eggs on the underside of young leaves. After a few days, the larvae hatch, which, penetrating the leaf tissue, eat away the pulp in it, as if they were mining the leaf. As a result, swollen gray-yellow spots form on the surface of the leaf.

Damaged leaves change color, turn yellow and dry out. The next generation of larvae appears in late July or early August and damages the leaves of adult plants. In the southern regions, a third generation of beet fly may appear.

One of the dangerous pests that harm fruit trees is the cherry fly. Fighting it will require considerable effort and time. This insect can easily ruin the entire harvest. The fly lays its eggs in the fruits of cherries. After some time, larvae emerge from them and eat the pulp in the berries. In damaged fruits, a rotting process occurs. This is what leads to crop damage.

Waiting times

• avermectins are quickly destroyed by sun and moisture;
• the decay period on the soil surface is a day, on plants – no more than 72 hours;
• half-life in water and soil is 1-7 days;
• the drug has low toxicity for bees; after evening treatment it becomes absolutely safe every other day.

The poison remains in the bodies of insects and ticks for 7-20 days. Even if they survive, they become less voracious and their ability to reproduce decreases.

The drug is safe for plants (non-phytotoxic) and does not accumulate in their organs. After spraying, the fruits can be collected and eaten after 48 hours.

Pest prevention

As you can see, the cherry fly is not such a powerful and indestructible pest, but nevertheless, it is still better to prevent its appearance. It's not that difficult. Here several methods that should be combined with each other will come to your aid:

• Careful harvesting. The berries should, firstly, be picked immediately and quickly, and secondly, that’s all. There should not be a single cherry left on the tree - there may be fly larvae in the fruits.
• Destruction of carrion. All berries that fall to the ground ahead of schedule must be promptly collected and thrown outside the site or burned. You can bury it in the ground, but to a depth of at least half a meter.
• Extermination of cherry aphids. Herbal solutions and chemicals will help destroy aphids in the spring - thereby greatly reducing the food supply of cherry flies. By the way, fragrant plants will help you here too - aphids cannot tolerate them either.
• Digging the soil. It is best done in early spring and late autumn. The soil under the tree should be thoroughly dug up to a depth of 30–40 cm in order to physically destroy the pupae or bring them to the surface - and there frosts and birds will do their job.
• Soil cultivation. If you decide to spray a tree with insecticides, then do not forget about the soil underneath it - this will significantly increase your chances of defeating the cherry fly and its offspring.
• Natural enemies. Some gardeners, mainly those who keep households with animals and birds, advise releasing chickens under the trees in the fall so that they help destroy the larvae.

Solving a problem with garden pests, and, in particular, with cherry flies, is not an easy task. Moreover, it must be continued constantly: either in the form of direct control of insects, or in the form of prevention of their appearance. However, the main thing is not to give up: the methods described above have been practiced by thousands of gardeners, so their experience will certainly help you save the harvest and increase it.

Features of Fitoverm treatment of some indoor plants

When processing indoor flowers, you need to consider several points. If pests are found on one plant, it is necessary to inspect all the flowers in the house to avoid the risk of secondary infection. Tips for processing indoor flowers:

1. Spraying with chemicals should be carried out 3-4 times every 7 days. The air temperature should not be lower than 25 ˚C. If the temperature is higher, then treatment should be carried out every 5 days. Treatment will be ineffective at temperatures of 18 °C and below.
2. After spraying with a spray bottle, there is no need to put a plastic bag on the plant (orchids are an exception). It is much more important to re-spray on schedule.
3. A single treatment gives only a temporary effect: flower treatment must be systematic.

Tip! Plants need to be sprayed when they are dry. It is better to carry out the procedure during the day. Due to the fact that Fitoverm is a hazard class 3 drug, it is better to carry out the treatment on the balcony or in the fresh air. If you have to spray flowers indoors, the room must be thoroughly ventilated at the end of the procedure. To enhance the effect of Fitoverm, you can add potassium soap to the solution.

Violet

Indoor violets are most often attacked by thrips, aphids and mites. The entire flower needs to be treated, not just the affected areas. It is advisable to change the soil in the pot or thoroughly treat the old one with an insecticide. Before treating violets for pests, it is necessary to remove the flower stalks.

The solution must be prepared from 2 ml of Fitoverm and 1 liter of water. You can add a little shampoo or soap to the solution to enhance the effect. In total, you need to carry out 3-4 treatments, with an interval of 4 days. After spraying the violets, they need to be placed in a dark place so that the leaves do not become stained.

Orchid

Fitoverm is used in case of mite infestation of orchid stems and leaves. Processing algorithm:

1. Remove the orchid from its pot and disinfect it. If possible, it is advisable to purchase a new pot to protect the flower from re-infection with parasites.
2. Clean the orchid roots from the substrate. Afterwards, the root system should be washed with hot water and soaked in a container with Fitoverm solution (1 mg per liter).

Orchid processing

• After processing, the orchid should be placed in a basin and the roots should be covered with a plastic bag for a day. You need to place the container in a place where sunlight will fall on the plant. The roots may begin to dry out, so they will need to be moistened if necessary.
• The treatment must be repeated after 10 days, and then the orchid should be planted in a new pot. You can water the flower after 5 days.
• The treatment of the flower is repeated 2 more times, and in this case the drug should not be applied to the leaves, but added to the soil.

Spider mites are most often found on roses. Treatment against the pest should be carried out in the fresh air, spraying the leaves on both sides with a sprayer. If some of the solution remains, it can be used to moisten the top layer of soil. Use a sponge soaked in a chemical solution to treat the window sill on which the rose pot stands.

The parasites die after a few hours. To completely get rid of them, 3-4 treatments of the rose with breaks a week are enough. The average dosage of Fitoverm for roses is 2.5 ml per 1.25 liters of water.

Lily

Lilies need to be treated with a sprayer, which provides a fine spray of the solution. It is important to process the lily leaf plates on both sides. The duration of action of the insecticide depends on the type of pest. Gnawing ones begin to die after 6-8 hours, and sucking ones - after two days. The chemical shows its maximum effect after a week. After 20 days, lilies can be treated again. The dosage of Fitoverm differs depending on the lily disease:

• 4 ml per 2 liters against ticks;
• 4 ml per 1 liter against aphids;
• 4 ml per 0.5 liter for thrips.

Ficus

To spray ficus plants, set the sprayer to the finest setting. On average, to treat a ficus you will need 2 ml of the substance and 1 liter of water. This method is suitable for removing spider mites. Repeated treatment must be carried out after 4 days.

To remove thrips from a plant, 2 ml of the drug must be diluted in 500 water. In particularly advanced cases, you can take 300 ml of liquid. You need to spray not only the leaves, but also the top layer of soil. Number of treatments – 2, with an interval of 2 weeks.

Processing of vegetable crops

Processing of flower crops

The standards are based on the use of drugs with a concentration of the active substance of 2 g/l. "Aversectina-S".

Processing of berry and fruit crops

Protecting cherries from cherry flies

When the cherry fly season begins (acacia or wisteria bloom), set traps in the garden:

Glue traps. You can find them in the store, or you can build them yourself. Cardboard or brightly colored boards should be coated with glue used for catching mice or trapping belts. You should keep an eye on the traps hung in the garden; more than 20 flies caught are an alarm bell - it’s time to take action.

Box with gauze. You will need any wooden or plastic box (without gaps), remove the bottom, place it near a tree and cover the top with gauze. Flies emerging from the soil will collect inside the box. Such traps should be installed immediately after the trees bloom.

Spraying against cherry fly

• Pine. Place a pine branch in 4 liters of water, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, strain.
• Tobacco. Pour a kilogram of fresh or 500 g of dry tobacco into 10 liters of water, leave for a day, then boil for an hour and strain. Dilute the broth with water 1:2.

You can also prepare decoctions from wormwood, garlic and onion peels; you can choose the amount of ingredients yourself, the main thing is to deceive or scare away the insect with a pungent odor. For better effect of decoctions, you can add a little laundry soap to them. Spraying with herbal infusions should be carried out frequently - 2-3 times a week.

Biological products against cherry flies:

• Bicol, Bitoxibacillin (BTB-202), Lepidocid are wonderful preparations for caterpillars and leaf-eating pests, which are used in the “pink bud” phenophase, and the second treatment is carried out after flowering.
• Gaupsin is a broad-spectrum biological product for protection against pests and diseases. It will not cause harm to the garden or harvest; the period of action of Pseudomonas aureofaciens bacteria is 2 weeks. This drug, in addition to the fly, also acts on its food source - aphids, thereby having a double effect.

Biological products have no waiting period and act gently. Therefore, spraying should be carried out every 2 weeks, and after heavy rains the treatment should be repeated. In addition to the crown of the tree, do not forget about the soil underneath; it also needs to be sprayed.

Well, in extreme cases, you can spray with biochemical preparations - acarin (agravertine) and fitoverm against cherry flies will certainly help. But they will also affect beneficial insects, so choose the treatment time carefully. Their waiting period is short - 48 hours.

Catching insects

Immediately after the trees bloom in the garden, you can hang baits - pour kvass, beer, compote or sweetened water into small containers. The fermented liquid will attract insects; after eating, the flies will remain in the container. The contents of the baits need to be changed from time to time and any pests removed.

Agricultural technology and useful plants

• In the fall, you can dilute clay and pour a layer of 1-2 cm around the tree trunks of cherries. This will prevent insects from escaping from overwintered pupae.
• It is advisable to harvest the entire crop at once, thereby preventing the larvae from developing. All carrion should be filled with water so that the larvae do not escape and move into the soil to pupate.
• Fruit trees are much less susceptible to cherry flies. They mature before the female cherry fly starts laying eggs.
• You can plant lemon balm, mint, marigolds and marigolds under trees - they will repel the pest.

For a comfortable existence on the site, flies need aphids, their sweet secretions are a delicacy for the insect, and aphids are brought by ants, so you need to protect the garden from three pests at once.

If you take care of the safety of the crop in time, you can reduce the worminess of the fruit to a minimum. And of course, cherries need to be protected comprehensively - not only from pests, but also from diseases. Or select resistant local species and varieties. After all, protecting cherries from cherry flies is not an easy task and requires significant effort on the part of the gardener.

The cherry fly, the control measures for which will be described below, is a harmful insect that lives on cherries. The fruits of these trees become soft, covered with holes and wormholes, acquiring a matte or dark shade. If you break them, you will find a white worm inside - this is the fly larva. Sometimes it leaves the fruit much earlier than harvesting, but the berries already become unsuitable for consumption.

"Fitoverm": pest control

Although this is an active biological agent, the drug does not harm the environment, does not accumulate in fruits and is suitable for use in confined spaces (greenhouses, greenhouses and residential premises).

Mealybug

To combat the parasite, you will need to dissolve 2 ml of the drug in a glass of water. A houseplant is treated with this solution; usually 3–5 treatments are enough, once every three days.

Scale insects and false scale insects

These pests are capable of multiplying at lightning speed and spreading quite quickly throughout all available plants . As a result of the activity of the scale insect (false scale insects are more often found on coniferous species), the flower dies.

It is important not to miss the moment when the female’s shell is still soft and allows contact poison to pass through. You need to treat with a solution of 200 ml of water and 2 ml of the drug, at least 3 treatments will be needed, after the 5th the insects usually die.

Ticks

To combat arthropods, the preferred dosage is 2 ml of the drug per liter of liquid. Treat for spider mites at least 3 times, taking breaks for three days.

Sciarides

Sciarides, or “fungus gnats,” are annoying black midges, against which the drug is effective. The midge itself does not pose a danger to flowers, but its larvae seriously harm plants.

For spraying, prepare a solution of 2 ml per liter of water. Spray 3-5 times with an interval of three days.

Fools

Ground fleas are small pests and are very difficult to notice. Often it is not possible to determine the death of a flower. The dosage of the drug for treatment is similar to that used to combat ticks and sciarids.

Whiteflies

Whiteflies are easy to spot on a plant - they are very active insects with noticeable colors. They are poisoned with a 1% Fitoverma solution, treating them at least 3 times with an interval of 3–5 days.

Thrips

They multiply extremely quickly and do not discriminate between indoor plants. If thrips get on one flower, the infection will soon spread to all the plants in the apartment.

To combat parasites, dilute 2 ml of the drug “Fitoverm” in a glass of water and carefully treat the leaf plates, stem and flowers.

Then the pot with the flower is placed in a tight sealed bag and kept there for a day. The procedure must be repeated every other day.

Fruit midges

The drug is also suitable for combating fruit flies. Dosage: 2 ml per 200 ml of water. Treatment once every three days with a frequency of 3–5 days.

To combat aphids, “Fitoverm” is diluted in a dosage of 2 ml per glass of liquid and treated at least 4 times every three days.

Questions from summer residents

Fitoverm - what pests does it help with?

Fitoverm is a universal insecticide because it helps to effectively combat most insect pests that attack vegetable crops, berry bushes and fruit trees. There are more than 20 varieties of such “harmful” bugs.

How to prepare a Fitoverm solution to kill spider mites - video

How to dilute fitoverm for cucumbers?

Fitoverm for treating cucumbers against spider mites and thrips is diluted in the following proportion: for every liter of water you need 10 ml of the drug.

How to breed phytoverm for spraying roses?

To spray rose bushes against most pests, you need to take 2 ml of Fitoverm for each liter of water. For each square of area, about 0.15 ml of the prepared solution is required. If necessary, the treatment will be repeated once every 3 weeks.

Fitoverm and Fitosporin - what is the difference and are they compatible?

The active substance in Fitoverm is aversectin C, which destroys pests. And Fitosporin is a biofungicide that is most often used to destroy mold on the soil surface when growing seedlings of vegetables and flowers.

How to dilute Fitoverm for processing strawberries?

To treat strawberry bushes, prepare the solution as follows: for each liter of water, 2 ml of Fitoverm is required. To treat 1 m2 of strawberry plantation you need 0.1 ml of solution.

How to dilute Fitoverm for spraying cabbage?

To prepare a Fitoverm solution for treating cabbage, 8 mg of the drug is needed for each liter of water.

To treat 100 m2 of vegetable garden, 4 liters of solution are required.

Reviews about the use of the drug for flowers

Lyudmila: “I regularly treat all indoor flowers with Fitoverm. They are on the balcony on the first floor, so someone is always getting into them. There were no problems with the drug. The main condition is to treat several times, even after the symptoms disappear.” Evgenia: “I tried to save the violets from the mite. I put the flowers in the bathroom and thoroughly treated them with a 2 ml solution, but the drug did not help. I probably discovered the problem too late.” Ekaterina: “I have 5 orchids. Recently I found mites under the leaves on two flowers. Just in case, I treated the entire flowerbed at once: 3 treatments, dosage 2 ml/l. I’m happy with the result, now the flowers are in perfect order!”

Development

After the larva enters the soil, a false cocoon begins to form. This happens in approximately 5-6 days. The pest waits out the winter in the pupal stage. The largest number of them can be found by digging up the ground around a tree. They do not dive very deeply - no more than 5 cm. The optimal temperature at which the cherry fly pupa is formed is no higher than +10 ° C.

The larva leaves the false cocoon with the arrival of spring. At first she remains motionless. It is difficult to confuse it with another insect, since it has a characteristic gray-orange color. She remains motionless for approximately 5 hours. After this period of time, its wings dry out and their color changes. The fly gains the ability to fly. This phase lasts about two months (from May to July).

Description of the insect

The body length of an adult fly is 29–53 mm. The forehead and the front half of the insect's head are golden-yellow, the body is glossy, dark brown or almost black; the eyes of the fly are green, the thighs are black. The wings are transparent with wide transverse stripes of a dark brown color and yellowish at the base. The shield, tarsi and tibiae have yellowish-orange tints. There are two wide longitudinal stripes on the sides of the chest. The female differs from the male in its larger size and large abdomen, pointed downward.

The egg has an elongated oval shape and is pointed on one side. The egg shell is smooth, yellowish-white. The egg reaches 0.75 mm in length and 0.22 mm in width. Closer to the top, the egg has a faint pattern of thin lines forming small hexagons.

The cherry fly larva has an elongated white body narrowed towards the head, which consists of 13 segments. The integument of the larvae is thin, with a well-developed mouthparts visible through them. During the entire period of existence, the larva goes through 3 stages of development:

1. Body length – 0.65–1.74 mm. The posterior spiracles are very poorly developed and have two round openings. Thoracic spiracles are absent.
2. Body length – 1.8–3.65 mm. The posterior spiracles become larger, acquire a wide oval shape and three spiracular slits. Thoracic spiracles appear.
3. The body length reaches 6–7 mm. The posterior and anterior spiracles are well developed. The posterior spiracular slits are elongated and straightened.

From the skin of the third stage larva, a false cocoon is formed, in which the fly larva becomes a pupa. During this period, organs and body parts of an adult insect are formed. The length of the false cocoon (puparia) is 2.5–4.5 mm, the color is yellowish.

Varieties of midges

More than 2,000 species of these insects are found in nature, but several of them often parasitize houseplants:

• white;
• black;
• ground fleas.

White midges on flowers - whiteflies, scale insects

Outwardly, they resemble aphids. They feed on sap, fly over plants, and sit on leaves and stems. They are very active, so they are easy to spot.

Black midges in flowers - sciarids

They appear when there is excessive application of organic fertilizers, namely tea leaves. They are also called fungus gnats. Only the larvae are dangerous for indoor plants; adults do not pose a threat. Sciarides fly annoyingly over the flower. Their larvae are found in the soil. These are worms 2-5 mm long with a black dot on the head.

Ground fleas in flower pots - fools

These pests cause the greatest damage to flowers. White or yellowish-brown midges live on the surface of the soil or the bottom of the pot, jumping on the leaves. Flea beetles are tiny, up to 1 mm in size, so it is difficult to notice them, so it is often not possible to find out the reason for the death of indoor plants.

DIY traps

A cherry fly has appeared in the garden plot; measures to combat it do not present any difficulty. Those who are opposed to chemicals containing toxic substances are advised to build their own traps. In order for them to be effective, they must be used in early spring, as soon as warm temperatures have established.

Homemade traps can be of two types: liquid and glue. For the former, any sweet compositions are used. An aqueous solution of honey, compote, beer or kvass will do. They are poured into any available means, like a plastic bottle or some other container. In order for the pest to fall into these traps, they must be hung on trees. The smell emitted by the liquid attracts pests, they fly into the container and drown in it. For such traps to be effective, the filler must be renewed periodically.

Another type that is used in pest control is no less popular. We are talking about glue traps. In order to make them, you do not need to have any special skills. To do this, it is enough to purchase glue, which takes a long time to dry, and cardboard. It is advisable to choose yellow for the latter. An adhesive is applied to the base, and the resulting traps are hung on trees. When they are covered with a large number of flies, they need to be replaced with new ones.

Maliciousness

The cherry fly causes damage to crops such as cherries, cherries, apricots and honeysuckles. During development, the larvae feed on the pulp of the fruit, which turns into a porridge-like mass due to excrement. Infected fruits darken, become deformed, rot and fall.

Berries and fruits in which cherry fly eggs have been laid are absolutely unsuitable for consumption.

In the warm season (spring, summer, early autumn), regularly loosen the soil at the base of the tree under the crown. Such procedures significantly reduce the number of cherry flies.

If you are planning to plant cherries in the garden, then try to choose early ripening varieties. In this case, almost all the berries will be whole and juicy, since the harvest occurs before the flies lay eggs.

In the event of a massive spread of the pest in your garden, it is recommended to chemically treat the trees with special preparations against cherry flies -. Spraying with insecticides is carried out twice. The first treatment is carried out at an air temperature of at least 18 degrees, when the flies are just starting to fly; and the second - after 10-15 days, with more than two weeks remaining before harvest. You can determine the beginning of summer by the flowering of acacia.

Any insecticide that acts on flying insects (Karate, Spark, Lightning and many others) is suitable. During repeated treatments, alternate the medications to prevent the pest from becoming accustomed to them. Fruits collected from insecticide-treated trees must be thoroughly washed before eating.

The cherry fly is a common garden pest that can completely ruin a bountiful harvest of cherries. Externally damaged berries become dark and dull, crumble abundantly, they are soft to the touch, have pits and depressions, their insides are often rotten and completely eaten away by small worms.

The cherry fly is a small insect, males 3-4 mm long, females 4-5 mm long. The color is dark brown, almost black, the surface of the body is shiny. Two yellow longitudinal stripes are clearly visible on the back. The wings are transparent and have four dark transverse lines. The front of the head, the scutum and the ends of the tarsi are yellow, the back of the head and the femoral part of the tarsi are black. The eyes are green.

Adult insects emerge with the thaw from pupae overwintering in the soil. These pupae are dirty yellow, are located in a barrel-shaped false cocoon 2-4 mm long, and lie at a depth of 1-13 cm in a loose soil layer.

Flies emerging from cocoons after wintering feed on secretions of cherry aphids and juice flowing from cherry fruits. The mating period begins after 2-3 weeks, when the flies are sufficiently fattened.

Having mated with a representative of the opposite sex, the female lays many eggs in the berries that are still green or beginning to turn pink, piercing the flesh and placing the future offspring inside.

Small cherry fly larvae develop from the eggs quite quickly; they look like whitish-yellowish worms. The larvae penetrate deep into the fruits and live inside them, feeding on the juicy pulp. After 15-20 days, they leave the fruits, falling to the ground, go deeper into the ground and wrap themselves in cocoons. So they overwinter until the next season.