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Pest Profiles > Flies > Fruit Fly

 

FRUIT FLY

Other Names

  • Pomace Fly
  • Vinegar Fly

Key Features

  • 1/8 inch long
  • Yellowish brown color
  • Many veins in wings
  • Arista plumose-- the arista is the bristle on the antennae, plumose means feather like

Breeding Sites

  • Animal waste
  • Garbage
  • Drains and mops
  • Other decaying organic matter