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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tropical Fruit Flies (Dacinae) » Bactrocera » Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae)
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Acalyptratae? It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - female
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Acalyptratae? It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - Female
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
September 7, 2009

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Acalyptratae? It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - female Acalyptratae? It reminds me of an Olive Fruit Fly, but different - Bactrocera oleae - female
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 20 December, 2011 - 1:11am
Last updated 22 May, 2015 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 20 December, 2011 - 2:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin!
I just wasn't sure...
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 20 December, 2011 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

 
This one shows great variatio
This one shows great variation in body color... but there are not many Bactrocera in CA (and we try to keep them outside)...
… Martin Hauser, 20 December, 2011 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Lol! We are getting more of this type of insect all the time!
The natural barriers - Desert, mountains, and sea - are nothing compared to ships, and trucks.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 11 January, 2012 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

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