<i>Drosophila</i> Fly is Recently Evolved Crop Pest (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

<i>Drosophila</i> Fly is Recently Evolved Crop Pest (2 of 2)

Caption

Drosophila suzukii, spotted wing Drosophila, is the only known pests among thousands of species of Drosophila fruit flies. The females use a large ovipositor to make holes in the skins of fruit to lay their eggs. On the left, Drosophila eggs in damaged fruit; center, eggs laid in holes in the skin of a cherry. On the right, the flies made holes in the skin of grapes, but did not successfully lay eggs.

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Joel Atallah, UC Davis

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