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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Terelliini » Chaetorellia » False Peacock Fly (Chaetorellia succinea)
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Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - female
Copyright © 2015 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - Female
Santa Cruz, RMG, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
July 29, 2015
It's hard for me to tell if the first pair of dots on the thorax are on the dorsal side, or the lateral side, so I question whether this is peacock or a false peacock. It did not stop moving so could not get the best photos.

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Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - female Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - female Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - female Chaetorellia succinea or australis? - Chaetorellia succinea - female
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 31 July, 2015 - 6:16pm
Last updated 2 August, 2015 - 4:29pm

Clearly succinea, which is al
Clearly succinea, which is also much more common that australis from the material I have seen!
… Martin Hauser, 2 August, 2015 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin! It's too bad it is more common...
Thanks, Martin! It's too bad it is more common since apparently this one is an accidental introduction and is considered a possible threat to some native plants. Just the same, it's an interesting fly and I wish I could have gotten better shots!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 6 August, 2015 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fruit Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 2 August, 2015 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 1 August, 2015 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

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