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Lesser Pumpkin Fly
Dacus ciliatus
28.5037, 34.506
Field Notes
Description:
5 mm in length; Apologies for the images of a dead insect, but it is currently a pest in our new permaculture garden so we are trying to get an exact ID...seen with its ovipositor(?) stuck in a melon...a melon fly? Bactrocera cucurbitae? or a different fruit fly?
Habitat:
spotted in a cultivated permaculture garden in a desert
Reference Links:
Dacus ciliatus (lesser pumpkin fly)Species ID Suggestions
Cucurbit Fly
Didacus Ciliatus
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