Diptera: Tephritidae

Bactrocera tryoni  

Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni) (Bactrocera tryoni)
click photo for larger image
© Geoff Walker 2016
Gold Creek Reservoir, QLD (Mar, 2016)
Common Names
  • Queensland Fruit Fly

This Queensland Fruit Fly was found keeping an eye on his mate while she injected some eggs into a piece of fruit.

The Queensland Fruit Fly is recognised as one of the world's worst economic pests due to the damage it causes to fruit.

Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni) (Bactrocera tryoni)

Queensland Fruit Fly

Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni) (Bactrocera tryoni)

Queensland Fruit Fly

Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni) (Bactrocera tryoni)

"Stinging" Fruit

Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni) (Bactrocera tryoni)

Queensland Fruit Fly