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Small dipteran, summer kitchen pest, not Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila hydei
Copyright © 2017 Steve Shaw

Small dipteran, summer kitchen pest, not Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila hydei
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 28, 2017
Size: 3.5 mm
This is a handsome kitchen/garbage bin pest dipteran that occurs along with D. melanogaster with similar habits, but is more common later in summer and is larger and heavier. Characterized by a heavily striped abdomen and mottled dorsal thorax. Can be cultured easily on Drosophila food. Images taken down dissecting microscope of live flies immobilized temporally on a freezer cold block.

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Small dipteran, summer kitchen pest, not Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila hydei Small dipteran, summer kitchen pest, not Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila hydei Small dipteran, summer kitchen pest, not Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila hydei
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Contributed by Steve Shaw on 31 August, 2017 - 12:57am
Last updated 17 October, 2017 - 5:58pm

Moved
Moved from repleta species group.
… John F. Carr, 17 October, 2017 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 31 August, 2017 - 6:35am login or register to post comments

Drosophila (repleta grp)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 31 August, 2017 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

 
D. repleta subgroup
Thanks Ross, for the prompt ID
… Steve Shaw, 31 August, 2017 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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