The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a 77 square mile quarantine zone in San Diego County when 5 mexican fruit flies were found 3 miles of each other. The mexican fruit fly is a destructive agricultural pest that can harm more than 50 types of fruit trees such as avocados and citrus.

To learn more about the quarantine and mexican fruit fly visit CDFA's website.

Click here to read San Diego 7 news article on the topic.