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Fruit Fly

Bractrocera dorsalis

Description:

Spotted these pair of fruit flies on my cattleya orchid in my garden .



1 species ID suggestions

Tephritid fruit fly
Bactrocera dorsalis Bactrocera dorsalis

5 Comments

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong a year ago

You are always welcome.

JulioHarahap
JulioHarahap a year ago

ChunXingWong , Thanks for the Id.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong a year ago

Some species have a sharp sting behind their abdomen for injecting their eggs into fruits.

JulioHarahap
JulioHarahap a year ago

: D ! Oh didn't realise that. No problem will make slight adjustment.

Carolina
Carolina a year ago

Hi Julio! That is such a cool fly, but I see you added to the Great Pollinator Project mission, and unfortunately that mission is only for the NYC area!

Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia

Lat: 3.14, Long: 101.69

Spotted on Oct 20, 2011
Submitted on Oct 20, 2011

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