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Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 1322089

Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens) (Loew, 1873)

Photographer:
Jack Dykinga
Organization:
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Description:
In grapefruit as well as many other fruits, one female Mexican fruit fly can deposit large numbers of eggs: up to 40 eggs at a time, 100 or more a day, and about 2,000 over her life span
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Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Image last updated:
Friday, June 15, 2007