Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) - 1317082

Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: The production of medflies can be realized in the laboratory by bathing medfly eggs in warm water a process that kills the female embryos but doesn't harm the male embryos. In the pupal stage, the males canbe irradiated to render them sexually sterile.
Image type: Field
Image location: United States

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Name: Scott Bauer
Organization: USDA Agricultural Research Service
Country: United States

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Image Number: 1317082

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Image uploaded on Wednesday, March 05, 2003
Image Information last updated on Tuesday, January 04, 2011