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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Drosophilinae » Drosophila » Drosophila (Dorsilopha) busckii (Drosophila busckii)
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Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Copyright © 2018 John van der Linden

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
07/22/18 Collected flower heads of a composite, Polymnia canadensis, inhabited by lep larvae

Batch rearing

Flower heads eventually turned brown and started to rot, and then fly larvae of this species appeared...apparently their eggs or young larvae had been present in the plant material as well

08/03/18 Photo shoot
Larva


Pupa


08/07/18 Adult (shown here)

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 9 August, 2018 - 1:38pm
Last updated 12 August, 2018 - 11:25am

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