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Toxotrypana curvicauda, the papaya fruit fly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. [1] [2] [3] References External links. Media related to ...
Bactrocera carambolae, also known as the carambola fruit fly, is a fruit fly species in the family Tephritidae, and is native to Asia. [1] [2] This species was described by Drew and Hancock in 1994. [3] [4] Bactrocera carambolae are specifically native to Malaysia, southern Thailand and western Indonesia. [5]
The papaya fruit fly lays its eggs inside of the fruit, possibly up to 100 or more eggs. [6] The eggs usually hatch within 12 days when they begin to feed on seeds and interior parts of the fruit. When the larvae mature, usually 16 days after being hatched, they eat their way out of the fruit, drop to the ground, and pupate in the soil to ...
Millions of fruit flies are being dumped over Los Angeles as officials try to fight back against an invasive species.. Around 2.25 million sterile male fruit flies will be dropped over the Leimert ...
Anastrepha is the most diverse genus in the American tropics and subtropics. Currently, it comprises more than 300 described species, including nine major pest species, such as the Mexican fruit fly (A. ludens), the South American fruit fly (A. fraterculus complex), the West Indian fruit fly (), the sapote fruit fly (A. serpentina), the Caribbean fruit fly (A. suspensa), the American guava ...
Vargas, R. I. and J. R. Carey. 1990. Comparative Survival and Demographic Statistics for Wild Oriental fruit Fly, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, and Melon Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Papaya. J. Econ. Ent. 83(4): 1344-1349. Anonymous. 1959. Insects not known to occur in the United States. Cooperative Economic Insect Report 9 (19): 343-368.
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B. dorsalis thorax and abdomen. B. dorsalis is a species of tephritid fruit fly. Flies that belong to this family are usually small to medium-sized with colorful markings. In particular, B. dorsalis belongs to a complex of physically similar flies called the Bactrocera dorsalis complex, whose defining characteristics include a mostly black thorax and dark T-shaped marking on the fly's ...