conference during which he publicly drank a small glass of malathion. Many people complained that, while the malathion may not have been very toxic to humans, the aerosol spray containing it was corrosive to car paint. During the week of September 9, 2007, adult flies and their larvae were found in Dixon, California. The California Department of Food and Agriculture and cooperating county and federal agricultural officials started eradication and quarantine efforts in the area. Eradication was declared on August 8, 2008, when no "wild" (i.e. non-sterile) medflies were detected for three generations. On November 14, 2008, four adult flies were found in El Cajon, California. The San Diego County Agricultural Commission implemented a treatment plan, including distributing millions of sterile male flies, local produce quarantines, and ground spraying with organic pesticides. References Further reading External links The 1981 California Medfly Panic CISR Summary on Mediterranean Fruit Fly Species Profile - Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library. Lists general information and resources for Mediterranean fruit fly. Tephritid Workers Database www.moscamed-guatemala.org.gt Dacinae Agricultural pest insects Insects described in 1824 Taxa named by Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann