Jay Van Rein, a spokesperson for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, revealed that millions of flies harvested at military bases were to be dropped over Los Angeles to sterilize an invasive species of Asian fruit fly.
California is preparing to release millions of fruit flies in the affected area in order to tackle the infestation of an invasive species of Asian fruit flies that has put it under quarantine.
In July, 69 square miles of the Los Angeles region—including portions of downtown and South Los Angeles, Hyde Park, Baldwin Hills, Culver City, Inglewood, Pico-Robertson, and Mid-Wilshire—were placed under quarantine by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
"There's a chance you might see them: small twin-engine airplanes circling over the city, unleashing hundreds of thousands of insects marked with a unique purple dye," reads an SFGate report. If you live in Los Angeles. And even while it might seem strange, it will probably start to h...
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