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Olive Fruit Fly

Bactrocera oleae

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Description:

Stop, no pictures! This fly is brown with dark markings on the throax, abdomen and tips of the wings. The scutellum is a pale yellow color as are the propleuron, the tip of the prescutum and the mesopleuron. A view of the top can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/102576042

Habitat:

Plumelo tree in backyard orchard. "native to the Mediterranean, introduced (and so far restricted) to CA."

Reference Links:

Species Bactrocera oleae - Olive Fruit Fly - BugGuide.Net

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