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Therefore, to manage apple maggot infestation, farmers may destroy infested apples, hawthorn, and abandoned apple trees. Apple maggots may be killed by placing infested fruit in cold storage of 32 degrees Fahrenheit for forty days. Some biological control agents have not been found to be effective because apple maggots are hidden within the ...
Rhagoletis mendax Curran, 1932 – blueberry maggot; Rhagoletis metallica (Schiner, 1868) Rhagoletis mongolica Kandybina, 1972; Rhagoletis nicaraguensis Hernández-Ortiz, 1999; Rhagoletis nova (Schiner, 1868) Rhagoletis ochraspis (Wiedemann, 1830) Rhagoletis osmanthi Bush, 1966; Rhagoletis penela Foote, 1981; Rhagoletis persimilis Bush, 1966
Rhagoletis mendax life cycle. The life cycle of this species is holometabolous, and has four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult.Adults typically have a lifespan of 30–45 days or longer, with females being capable of reproduction starting at 15 days and going to approximately 45 days (weather dependent).
Rhagoletis mendax (Curran) blueberry maggot; Rhagoletis metallica (Schiner) Rhagoletis mongolica Kandybina; Rhagoletis nicaraguensis Hernández-Ortiz & Frías; Rhagoletis nigripes Rohdendorf; Rhagoletis nova (Schiner) Rhagoletis ochraspis ; Rhagoletis osmanthi Bush; Rhagoletis penela Foote; Rhagoletis persimilis Bush
Another distantly related family of flies, Tephritidae, are true fruit flies because they are frugivorous, and include apple maggot flies and many pests. The best known species of the Drosophilidae is Drosophila melanogaster , within the genus Drosophila , also called the "fruit fly."
Guy L. Bush (1929–2023) was an evolutionary biologist, entomologist, and John Hannah Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. [1] He was also the first director of MSU's Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. [1]
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