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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Trypetinae » Trypetini » Trypetina » Trypeta » Trypeta flaveola
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Fruit Fly maybe? - Trypeta flaveola - female
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Fruit Fly maybe? - Trypeta flaveola - Female
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
April 14, 2011
It reminds me of a fruit fly, and it was on a berry bush, although the berries are a long way off...
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 14 April, 2011 - 9:40pm
Last updated 6 April, 2020 - 7:31pm

Moved
Moved from Fruit Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 6 April, 2020 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Spencer Pote, 6 April, 2020 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Incorrectly ID'd
There is no Pallopterid fly that looks like this in both wing pattern and general habitus, and all Pallopteridae species in California have a gray abdomen.
… Spencer Pote, 6 April, 2020 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right, it is likely a
You are right, it is likely a Trypeta
… Martin Hauser, 6 April, 2020 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

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… Martin Hauser, 15 April, 2011 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin
...from the info page, I guess the long wings relative to the abdomen are pretty diagnostic. It also mentions an ovipositor which was visible, though not in this shot.
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