Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tephritidae ?

Posted by gordo on 24-11-2004 16:08
#1

hello, can you determine this fly with this photo view ?
i see it on november at Nice (06)

www.diptera.info/forim/5-0127-1.jpg

Posted by Menno Reemer on 24-11-2004 16:17
#2

Looks like Ceratitis capitata (Tephritidae), the 'Mediterranean fruit fly', a common pest species on different kinds of fruit all over the world.

Posted by John Smit on 30-11-2004 18:00
#3

Menno is right, it is Caratitis capitata, the thorax pattern is distinctive.

John