The dangerous quarantine object was discovered by inspectors of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance at the Big Seaport in a batch of citrus fruits. During the inspection of fresh mandarins from South Africa, live larvae founded that resembled the dangerous quarantine object in morphological characteristics. 17.9 tons of citrus fruits were destined for a Moscow firm.
Later, laboratory tests confirmed their suspicions - specialists from the Northwest Branch of the FGI identified the insect as the Mediterranean fruit fly. The product owner decided to disinfect nearly 18 tons of mandarins using fumigation. After that, the citrus fruits were sent to their destination.
source: konkretno.ru