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Apple Maggot
Rhagoletis pomonella
-8.50146, 115.268
Field Notes
Description:
Black Fly with black & grey stripes at abdomen, prominent red eyes, about 5 mm long, with a white dot on its thorax and a characteristic black banding on its wings.
Habitat:
Spotted at Campuhan Ridge Walk, Ubud - Bali.
Notes:
When threatened it turns its wings 90 degrees and moves them up and down whilst walking sideways; the combination mimics the appearance of it being a spider due to the wing pattern in the new position appearing as additional legs.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Rhagoletis
Species: R. pomonella
Reference Links:
Apple maggot - Wikipedia
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2017
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