Department of Entomology, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan (H.P.)-173 230, India.
The fruit flies are an international pest that are difficult to control. Keeping in view the seriousness of the problem, the paper reviews the research work conducted so far on different aspects of the management of fruit flies through trapping. Various trapping strategies viz., bait sprays, traps and lures has been discussed along with the bait composition used by different workers.
