Supermarket shelves could soon run dry of watermelons with all import channels for the fruit currently closed due to biosecurity concerns. Imports of the fruit from Tonga were halted last week after live fruit fly larvae were detected at the New Zealand border on a consignment of watermelons from the country. LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Devonport residents were advised to be on look out after a single male Queensland fruit fly was discovered in the Auckland suburb. Watermelon imports from Queensland, another large supplier of the fruit, have yet to resume following the detection of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) on an imported consignment last December. SUPPLIED A male Queensland fruit fly was spotted in Devonport last year, triggering a massive biosecurity response.

Source: Stuff October 19, 2020 05:58 UTC