‘Fruit Fly Exemption Zone Ends’

We were driving from Melbourne to Sydney over a weekend as after 6 months n Melbourne the job hunt ended in Sydney. Even though we had come with 2 bags only, over the 6months we seemed to have gathered bits and pieces and some food stuff as well. So we decided to drive down leisurely and make a relaxed weekend drive. Just a few miles before we left the state of Victoria we came across this big billboard - ‘Fruit Fly Exemption Zone Ends’.

Now I did not know fruit flies could read and that they were aware that they could not enter the state of Victoria. They also seem to be able to understand English….. educated little flies, I am assuming. If they did happen to fly over the state line would they be prosecuted? If so was there a fly court with lots of bug lawyers? Who would be the judge of such a court? A bumble bee? Would these errant fruit flies be attested by fly patrol? Would there be fruit fly smuggling into the state set up by other bugs? Does this mean there is some sort of attraction for the fruit flies to be illegal aliens?

A mile or so later there was another billboard stating that ‘Do Not Bring Fruits on Your Return Journey’. Aha so people did people smuggle apples or oranges or bananas in to Victoria? And inadvertently brought in the fruit flies… Why only fruit flies? What about house flies? Horseflies? Deerflies? Butterflies? Why this serious discrimination against poor fruit flies? Being persecuted for their race… Maybe I can start Fruit fly amnesty!