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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Acrotaeniini » Tomoplagia » Tomoplagia obliqua
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Fruit Fly - Tomoplagia obliqua - female
Copyright © 2011 Robert Lord Zimlich

Fruit Fly - Tomoplagia obliqua - Female
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2011
Any ideas? Collected voucher specimen for anyone interested.

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Fruit Fly - Tomoplagia obliqua - female Fruit Fly - Tomoplagia obliqua - female
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 July, 2011 - 4:22pm
Last updated 24 October, 2011 - 10:39pm

Wow! I'm jealous.
Next year I'm joining the swarm!!!
… Diane Young, 30 July, 2011 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
A First!
for Iowa. Check the Data page. It's going to take me a week to go through all my photos.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 30 July, 2011 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

Female
Female fruit flies and relatives have a conical ovipositor ("oviscape") that may be more or less extended.
… John F. Carr, 30 July, 2011 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 30 July, 2011 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

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