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Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Description:

Flies belonging to the family Tephritidae are also called fruit flies, which can lead to confusion, especially in Australia and South Africa, where the term fruit fly refers to members of the Tephritidae that are economic pests in fruit production, such as Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly or "Medfly".

Habitat:

Garden

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Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Sep 4, 2012
Submitted on Sep 5, 2012

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