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7 Comments

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Thanks Rubens...fantastic!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Ceherzog, they are much bigger than the small flies from banana fruits. They invade orange fruit plantations and put eggs inside the oranges, destroying them.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Could be Anastrepha fraterculus ?

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Yes, I agree, I think is an Otitidae (=Ulidiidae) fly

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Like, WOW! Are they tiny like typical fruit flies?....unbelievable...I love it!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks Misako!

misako
misako 12 years ago

cool!

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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

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