What caused 1.44 billon dollars in crop losses, infects a wide variety of plants and feeds on citrus fruits? That insect is called the Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens). The Mexican fruit fly was first described in 1863 Central Mexico. In the 1900’s during the winter migrate the Mexican fruit fly were discovered infesting along the California-Mexico border which started the introduction of the Mexican fruit fly in the United States. The Mexican fruit fly gets introduced to other areas through the movement of infested fruits. The Mexican fruit fly has not been spotted in the US for many years because of many management tactics used by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to control the threat of an invasion. The USDA has