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Similar fruit fly

Drosophila simulans

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23 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 13, February 11, March 11, April 14, May 14, June 10, July 9, August 9, September 11, October 11, November 15, December 11.
United States180
California139
North Carolina19
Spain6
Michigan5
New Jersey4
Austria4
Massachusetts3
Ohio3
Andalucía3

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 Similar 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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