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Queensland Fruit Fly

Bactrocera tryoni

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 Australia.January 26, February 23, March 23, April 14, May 7, June 15, July 9, August 5, September 12, October 18, November 18, December 18.
Australia188
Victoria69
Queensland60
New South Wales55
Australian Capital Territory3
South Australia1

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
FamilyFruit Flies · Tephritidae
GenusBactrocera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Queensland Fruit Fly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.