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Like other members of the Drosophilidae, D. suzukii is small, approximately 2 to 3.5 millimetres (5 ⁄ 64 to 9 ⁄ 64 in) in length and 5 to 6.5 millimetres (13 ⁄ 64 to 1 ⁄ 4 in) in wingspan [3] and looks like its fruit and vinegar fly relatives. Its body is yellow to brown with darker bands on the abdomen and it has red eyes.
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First large-scale fruit fly AW-IPM program using SIT. Eradication in 1982. For over 25 years, this program kept Mexico, the US, and half of Guatemala free of the pest. Genetic sexing strains were later introduced. [12] [13] Melon fly: 1972–1993: Japan: Released up to 4 million sterile fly pupae per week, total 264 million during the pilot test.
Around 2.25 million sterile male fruit flies will be dumped over Leimert Park neighbourhood. ... If populations spiral out of control, it could cost the state up to $1.8bn per year, according to ...
Heppner JB. 1988. Larvae of fruit flies IV. Dacus dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry Entomology Circular 303: 1-2. Foote RK, Blanc FL. 1963. The fruit flies or Tephritidae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 7: 1-117.
Tephritid fruit flies. Pictured is Tephritis formosa. Both males and females are solitary. Third instar tephritid fruit fly larvae are the typical hosts. [7] Female adults of D. longicaudata are attracted to fermenting fruit and then are able to find larvae by sound. Females lay 13-24 eggs per day using her elongated ovipositor to reach the fly ...
Chaetorellia acrolophi is a species of tephritid fruit fly known as the knapweed peacock fly. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, especially spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa). [2] The adult fly is light greenish brown with brown-banded wings and iridescent green eyes.
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