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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Acalyptratae » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Chymomyza » Chymomyza amoena
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acorn flies - Chymomyza amoena
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

acorn flies - Chymomyza amoena
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
December 18, 2006
Size: 4 mm head to wingtips

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 December, 2006 - 7:46pm
Last updated 21 December, 2006 - 5:07am

Chymomyza
I believe C. amoena is the only species we will find in the northeast where you are located. I did a survey of fruit-baited drosophilids in NY and caught a few of these in ground traps.
… cgibbs, 21 December, 2006 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
To me these appeared to be the same as prior postings of this species, but I could easily miss a distinguishing trait. Glad to have a little extra confirmation.
… Jim McClarin, 21 December, 2006 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Jim McClarin, 21 December, 2006 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Drosophilidae: Chymomyza amoena
Not absolutely sure it is amoena, but it is a very common species here.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 December, 2006 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Don.
They looked familiar. I hadn't expected a fruit fly to develop in an acorn, although I see in a prior posting of this species Paul Beuk comments that they can develop in chestnuts.
… Jim McClarin, 21 December, 2006 - 5:02am login or register to post comments

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