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07-AUG-2012 Christine Hanrahan

Fruit fly (Icterica seriata)

Found this pretty little fruit fly along the K&P Trail in Lanark County, near a wetland. Not surprising, as this species develops in the flowerheads of Bidens (of which there are various species, often called, in general, beggarticks).

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Karen Stuebing25-Mar-2013 21:05
It's name suits it. It almost looks like a piece of fruit. I know the fruit comes from what it eats but its rotund body is reminiscent of something edible. V.
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