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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Vinegar Flies (Drosophilidae) » Drosophilinae » Drosophila » (Drosophila) repleta species group (Drosophila (Drosophila) repleta species group) » Drosophila repleta
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A fly in need of an identity. - Drosophila repleta
Copyright © 2013 William Donald Newton

A fly in need of an identity. - Drosophila repleta
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
November 8, 2012

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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 30 January, 2013 - 11:45pm
Last updated 17 October, 2017 - 5:59pm

Moved
Moved from repleta species group.
… John F. Carr, 17 October, 2017 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Vinegar Flies.
… John F. Carr, 6 October, 2013 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matthias Buck, 23 February, 2013 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 18 February, 2013 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

this is a tuff one... perhaps Drosophilidae.
if not maybe repleta Drosophila. its definitely a fruit fly
… grima wormtongue, 31 January, 2013 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Drosophila?
Drosophila?
… John F. Carr, 31 January, 2013 - 5:58am login or register to post comments

 
Wing venation compares favorably to ...
... Figure 34-84 in Borror and DeLong, 7th edition.

From BugGuide images, this animal looks to be of the repleta species group, as some, at least, of the "hairs" arise from spots on the thorax. http://bugguide.net/node/view/652023#1157797
… William Donald Newton, 31 January, 2013 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thinking same ...
... but I'll check against BugGuide images. Thanks.
… William Donald Newton, 31 January, 2013 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

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