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fruit fly

Anastrepha fraterculus

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Description:

small fly with strange twisted and tatooed wings

Habitat:

behind the leaves of my citrus tree (mixirica)

1 Species ID Suggestions

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AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago
South American Fruit Fly
Anastrepha fraterculus Dipteros nocivos


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5 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Here are a couple more ref:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/agrocalidad...
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/frui...
Regards!!

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Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Neon eyes!

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Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

this is probably an Otitid (=Ulidiidae) fly

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textless 12 years ago

Wow - unusual!

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KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Great eyes!

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EduardoFrick
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EduardoFrick

Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Oct 22, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

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