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Fruit Fly

Trupanea vicina

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Field Notes

Description:

Small gray fly with translucent wings that have a black pattern. It opens one wing at a time and swings it outward then back in.

Habitat:

Grape vine in the backyard orchard.

Reference Links:

Species Trupanea vicina - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedJune 16, 2013

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