Medfly are legends of the game! Look at these blights, four of them. Do any Medfly behaviour people actually know what’s going on..??
#medfly #mediterraneanfruitfly
#ceratitiscapitata #tephritidae
#diptera #entomology #insectscience
#insectbehavior #insectbehaviour
Pupa the size of a grain of barley, glowing slightly from within and revealing the outlines of hundreds of small cells and a darker branching pattern that might be the circulatory system of the metamorphosing fly.
Puparium of a walnut husk maggot fly (Rhagoletis suavis), backlit to show innards. Was wondering whether I could find parasitized ones but I don't think the light is strong enough. #diptera #flies #tephritidae #coptera
New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
A new #phylogeny of #Anastrepha (#Diptera: #Tephritidae) based on nuclear loci obtained by #phylogenomic methods
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70003
#Phylogenetics
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Cylindrical yellow object partially buried in light-colored sand.
Close-up of the puparium of the walnut husk maggot fly (Rhagoletis suavis). The puparium is just the hardened skin of the larval stage so you can still see the segments. The pupa will develop inside. #tephritidae #diptera #fly #insect
A small Fly with a distinctive wing pattern and two stripes across her green eyes. On the leaf of an espaliered Pear.
The same Fly from the rear showing what I think is called the oviscape.
Female Anomoia purmunda #Fly in Plymouth garden this morning. #Tephritidae #Diptera #Entomology
Urophora quadrifasciata, the Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #fly #Diptera #Tephritidae
Would this be the #Tephritidae fly Chaetostomella cylindrica? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 22/07/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social #Diptera
Acanthophilus helianthi (Tephritidae) on knapweed. 25/6/2025 Topsham, Devon.
Anomoia purmunda (Tephritidae) on mistletoe. 25/6/2025 Topsham, Devon.
Sphenella marginata (Tephritidae) on ragwort. 25/6/2025 Topsham, Devon.
Tephritis matricariae (Tephritidae) on apple (its small beetle companion is the very local Rhamphus subaeneus). 25/6/2025 Topsham, Devon.
A selection of Tephritid flies from the garden today. Very fond of these with their beautiful markings and curious displays. Names in ALT Texts.
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New work in #RESAgForestEnt reports on the definition of spectral range for #Ceratitis capitata pupae sexing for sorting optimisation
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12696
#Tephritidae #HyperspectralImaging
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Fruit fly males of Themara lunifera face off in Mount Makiling.
#Diptera #Tephritidae 🪰🪵🌳
🎥: A. Dupo
I think this is the fruit fly Urophora quadrifasciata? Seen 14/05/25 at #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Tephritidae #Diptera @suillia.bsky.social #fly
B dorsalis, Male, Mozambique, 2019. Courtesy: Antonio da Matta from EPPO Global Database https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/DACUDO/photos
Have a look also at the new #PriorityPest report on #Bactroceradorsalis just released!
🔍 doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...
#OrientalFruitFly
#Tephritidae
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Extreme close-up of a brightly colored tephritid fly, mounted on a pin against a deep green background. The fly is vivid orange throughout its body, with a translucent amber tone that appears almost glowing. The large compound eyes are an intense metallic green, displaying fine hexagonal facets. Its wings are semi-transparent and glossy, with striking brown banded patterns and iridescent reflections catching the light in rainbow hues. The fly's thorax and abdomen are covered in short, sparse setae (hairs), and its legs are fine and spiny, matching the orange body color. The proboscis and antennae are detailed and sharply visible. The fly is pinned in a natural posture with wings elevated slightly, creating a strong profile view. The lighting enhances the contrast between its natural color and the dark, smooth background. Every vein in the wing and segment of the leg is clearly captured in this high-resolution macrophotograph.
A #Tephritidae of some kind. These can be some of the most damaging agricultural pests in the world. The color is natural and my camera struggled with how bright orange it was. Not what most people picture when they think of flies.
#entomology #diptera #macrophotography #Invert 🪲🪳
woot, just discovered there's even #Tephritidae that pull this off :D www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1198003...
so there's stalk-eyed Richardiidae, Diopsidae, Tephritidae. anything else I missed?
Tephritis formosa fly I think, in my #Staffs garden, 19/03/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Tephritidae
I mean, this is what I'm talkin' 'bout!
🍎🥭🪰
#flies #Diptera #Tephritidae
#Euaresta #Eutreta #Procecidochares #Dioxyna
Compound eye of a fruit fly of the tephritidae family. 50x magnification.
Camera: Sony A7rIII
Lens: Laowa Aurogon 50x
Macrorail: Novoflex Castel Micro
Stepsize: 0,0004mm, 549 shots
Exposure: Flash, 1/200s, ISO100
#microscopy #insects #insect #compoundeye #eye #diptera #tephritidae #entomology
Another nice #Tephritidae picture-winged fly from the weekend: Terellia winthemi. This one feeds on Carduus thistles
Successful trip with @m_harrow1 at the weekend to target Terellia vectensis an uncommon Serratula tinctoria (Saw-wort) feeding #Tephritidae (picture-winged fly) near Winchester
Moving on to Acalyptratae. Firstly, the family #Tephritidae picture-winged flies – the recent colonist Tephritis matricariae now common in the south, its larvae feed in the seed heads of Crepis. Also, the Celery Fly Euleia heraclei larvae of which are leaf-miners on Apiaceae 5/9
Oxyna flavipennis #Tephritidae an uncommon species the larvae of which gall the roots of Achillea millefolium (Yarrow). This one from the Brecks in the summer.
Dioxyna bidentis female taken from flowers of the host plant Bidens in the New Forest last weekend. #Tephritidae
Myopites inulaedyssentericae/apicatus swept from its foodplant Pulicaria dysenterica on the Hampshire coast. There is some confusion as to the correct name for this taxon in the UK. #Tephritidae
Lots of #Tephritidae (picture-winged flies) around at the moment. Short thread of four species swept from knapweed (Centaurea nigra / C. debeauxii) at the weekend starting with a female Urophora quadrifasciata 1/5
Lots of picture-winged flies #Tephritidae around on capitula of #Asteraceae with a range of flies specific to different plant species. Terellia tussilaginis on Arctium and Terellia longicauda on Cirsium eriophorum this morning. @DipteristsForum
