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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Tephritini » Euaresta » Euaresta bellula
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Tephritidae--Euaresta bellula? - Euaresta bellula - female
Copyright © 2010 Lynn Monroe

Tephritidae--Euaresta bellula? - Euaresta bellula - Female
Box Canyon nr Mecca, Riverside County, California, USA
October 9, 2010
Size: BL with appendage ~2.8 mm
This tiny fruit fly was on buds of Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis, Bignoniaceae). It looks like Euaresta bellula, but there are two or three very similar. I will post one more image. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Tephritidae--Euaresta bellula? - Euaresta bellula - female Tephritidae--Euaresta bellula? - Euaresta bellula - female
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 11 November, 2010 - 4:13pm
Last updated 16 December, 2018 - 9:33am

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… Martin Hauser, 11 November, 2010 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Euaresta bellula
Thanks so much, Martin, for this identification. I'm delighted to lbe able to learn more about these little beauties.
… Lynn Monroe, 11 November, 2010 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Honestly, you did the identif
Honestly, you did the identification! I just confirmed it! Tephritids are excellent flies to photograph, they can often be identified to species from the picture and they can be found by paying attention to the host plants, because they are often very specific... And they are very beautiful...
… Martin Hauser, 11 November, 2010 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Euaresta bellula ID
The difference is, my ID is my best guess! All the lookalikes also occur in Anza-Borrego. I try to work them out, but sometimes my guesses are way off. I am so grateful to you for confirming my guess.

About host plants, all three of the species we've seen and photographed, are mainly found on Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa, a sunflower family favorite of so many insects).
… Lynn Monroe, 12 November, 2010 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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