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Bactrocera cucurbitae, Family: Tephritidae 7mm fruit fly, visitor to my porch light Bactrocera cucurbitae (Melon fruit fly, melon fly) is a serious pest of cucurbits. The adult melon fly is 6 to 8 mm in length. Melon flies are most often found on low, leafy, succulent vegetation near cultivated areas. In hot weather they rest on the undersides of leaves and in shady areas. They are strong fliers and usually fly in the mornings and afternoons. They feed on the juices of decaying fruit, nectar, bird feces, and plant sap. Development period from egg to adult ranges from 12 to 28 days. The female may lay as many as 1,000 eggs. Eggs are generally laid in young fruit, but are also laid in the succulent stems of host plants. The eggs are deposited in cavities created by the female using its sharp ovipositor. Pupation usually occurs in the soil. There may be as many as 8 to 10 generations a year. The melon fly is native to India, and is distributed throughout most parts of the country. It can be found throughout most of southern Asia, several countries in Africa, some island groups in the Pacific. In the United States, it was the first tephritid fruit fly species established in Hawaii. It was introduced there from Japan around 1895, and by 1897, when it was first observed, it had already become a serious pest. Melon flies use at least 125 host plants. They are major pests of beans, bittermelon, winter melon, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, hyotan, luffa, melons, peppers, pumpkins, squashes, togan, tomatoes, watermelon, and zucchini.

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, prese con un Canon EOS 750D 01/05 2017 La foto scattata con 60.0mm, f/14.0s, 1/60s, ISO 400