A friend of a friend in Cromwell has hosted an MPI fruit fly trap for 16 years without catching anything. Recently the trap captured its first fruit fly (a male), but we've yet to see an announcement from MPI.
Strange that.
Even worse, the MPI person who collected the trap said they've lost funding & will no longer be maintaining the traps, starting later this year.
What a dumb move. The Luxon government seems determined to save money in all the wrong places.