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Melon Fly-Bactrocera cucurbitae

This fruit fly called Melon Fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae) belong to family Tephritidae. It's a pest of economical importance and mainly affects plants such as cucumbers, pumpkins, rockmelons, squash, watermelons, but also chillies, green beans, mangoes, papayas, tomatoes, citrus and stone fruits. It's a body length of about 6-8 mm. In pictures below you see a Melon Fly damaging pumpkin.

Melon Fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae)
Fruit Fly
Fruit Fly

1 comment:

  1. Vale BeckerMay 16, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    Thanks a lot! Your pictures are great too! I love how you get the insects!

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