Fruit flies
R. C. Copeland, icipe
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Adult fruit fly Ceratitis fasciventris are 4.5-6 mm long, brightly coloured, usually in brown-yellow patterns. The wings are spotted or banded with yellow and brown margins.
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R.C. Copeland, icipe
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African invader fly (Bactrocera invadens)
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R. C. Copeland, icipe
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Mango Fruit fly (Ceratitis cosyra). The body and wing colour is yellowish, with black spots. Adult mediterrenean fruit flies are 4-6 mm long,The wings are spotted or banded with yellow and brown margins.
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A. M. Varela, icipe
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Fruit fly (Daceus bivittatus) on a chilli pod.
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A.M. Varela, icipe
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Fruit fly maggots in watermelon fruit. They are about 1cm long
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M. K. Billah, icipe
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Fruit fly (Bactrocera invadens) attack on green banana
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A.A Seif, icipe
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Egg laying marks by fruit flies on an orange fruit. Following oviposition there may be some necrosis around the puncture mark ('sting'). This is followed by decompostion of the fruit.
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M. K. Billah. icipe
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Mango fruit fly (Ceratitis cosyra) damage symptoms on mango
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A. M. Varela, icipe
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Homemade fruit fly trap in a mango tree
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Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): Scott Bauer
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Melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae)
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Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, www.insectimages.org
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Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). Adult Mediterrenean fruit flies are 4-7 mm long, brightly coloured, usually in brown-yellow patterns. The wings are spotted or banded with yellow and brown margins.
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Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): Georg Goergen
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Natal fruit fly (Ceratitis rosa), wing length 4-6 mm.
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A. M. Varela, icipe
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Pupa of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in the soil.
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