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Melon Fruit Fly

Bactrocera cucurbitae

Description:

About 1cm body length, first ID'd as B. dorsalis but had to change to B. cucurbitae after further review of Bactrocera spp. images. Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett). Common Names: Melon Fruit Fly or Melon Fly. Insecta: Brachycera: Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini. The melon fly is a fruit fly of the family Tephritidae. It is a serious agricultural pest, particularly in Hawaii. Source: Wikipedia.

Habitat:

Spotted on the ceiling of the garage. Very near, in the backyard, is our patola or loofah plant of Cucurbitaceae family.

Notes:

Compare with B. philippinensis: http://old.padil.gov.au/pbt/index.php?q=.... Compare with B. papayae (Asian Papaya Fruit Fly): http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129..., http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/4790_6952.htm.... Compare with B. dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bactro.... Compare with B. cucurbitae (Melon Fly): http://www.baphiq.gov.tw/iframmessagevie..., http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/quarantine/p..., http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/788.... Compare with B. zonata: http://www.eppo.int/QUARANTINE/special_t....

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4 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks Ashish!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Third picture is cool

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thank you Chun for the ID. @JillBlack, thanks for the like as well. Regards!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

This is a Bactrocera fruit fly.

Laguna, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 5, 2012
Submitted on Nov 7, 2012

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