Thursday, May 18, 2017

Another cool fruit fly

So tiny and beautiful...Another fruit fly, perhaps sunflower seed maggot (Neotephritis finalis)? Not, says Edward on iNaturalist. Could be "Dyseuaresta mexicana," he says, "which is not in Bugguide. It occurs throughout Texas. The larval host is recorded as Melanthera."






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