Monitoring of olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae Gmel. (Diptera:Tephritidae) population and determination of its parasitoits in Adana

This study was carried out in four olive orchards in years of 2006 and 2007 in Adana. Population dynamics of Olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae Gmel. (Diptera: Tephritidae) was determined by yeIIow sticky and Mcphail lure traps. To determine the natural enemies of this pest. damaged fruits and pupa inside the soil were collected, and then they were put into cages and parasitoits which were emerged from cages were send to experts for identification. in addition to the above, damaged fruits were counted and damage rate was determined. Olive fruit fly population reach 3-4 peaks around the year, but olive fruit fly population could not reach high population in Adana. This study revealed that McPhail lure traps captured less than 5-6 times when compared with other type of traps. Furthermore, this study exposes that damaged fruit rate reach to 4.3 % as a maximum rate which is so low. Among the natural enemies of this pest, parasitoits that belong to superfamily of Cynipoidea and families of Eulophidae, Pteromalidae were determined. Key Words: Olive Fruit Fly, Bactrocera oleae,, Parasitoits