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Immigrant fruit fly

Drosophila immigrans

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 19, February 14, March 22, April 34, May 49, June 53, July 57, August 49, September 36, October 27, November 15, December 11.
United States645
Alaska385
California78
New Zealand75
Australia64
United Kingdom59
France59
England53
Germany53
Austria52

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyVinegar and Fruit Flies · Drosophilidae
GenusSmall Fruit Flies · Drosophila

Sources

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Practise Immigrant fruit fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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