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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tropical Fruit Flies (Dacinae) » Bactrocera » Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae)
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Olive fruit fly with attached globule - Bactrocera oleae
Copyright © 2016 junkyardsparkle

Olive fruit fly with attached globule - Bactrocera oleae
Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 28, 2016
Size: 6mm body
I can only assume this is Bactrocera oleae, as it emerged from a container of recently picked olives, in which a large number of larva were situated at the bottom. I found the globule and malformed wing fascinating... is this a parasitized nymph?

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Contributed by junkyardsparkle on 1 December, 2016 - 2:48am
Last updated 9 February, 2017 - 12:26pm

Moved
Moved from Fruit Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 9 February, 2017 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 1 December, 2016 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Sprung a leak
When it tried to inflate its wings by injecting liquid, one expanded and the other sprung a leak.
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