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breadfruit fly

Bactrocera umbrosa

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid fruit fly, categorized in almost 500 genera. To distinguish them from the Drosophilidae, the Tephritidae are sometimes called peacock flies [or picture-winged flies], in reference to their elaborate and colorful markings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritidae

Habitat:

Spotted in large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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