FRUIT FLIES

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Dark-eyed Fruit Fly

Latin Name: Drosophila repleta

There are 91 species in what is called the Drosophila repleta “group” in North and South America and they are native to this Hemisphere. Given the sudden and recent appearance of these flies in North America they may be native to Central and South America.

Fruit Fly

Latin Name: Drosophila melanogaster

Many species of these flies occur throughout the world. The species Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most common in structures, and is used extensively in laboratory studies of genetic characteristics.