Mexican Fruit Fly page 2

Generalized Life Cycle in Warmer Climates (overlapping generations):

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
eggs
larvae
pupae
adults

Generalized Life Cycle in Colder Climates [It is a matter of conjecture how or if MFF overwinters in cooler climates. Adults may originate from adjacent warmer areas (the Rio Grande Valley of TX for example) or the fly may be transported by man in any of its’ life stages.]:

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

egg

larvae

pupae

adult

REFERENCES:

• Prepared by Cherry Chandler, Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Mexican Fruit Fly , Aggie Horticulture, Texas A and M Horticultural Program; March 2004 web-site. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/citrus/mexfly.htm

Mexican Fruit Fly ; CDFA, Pest Detection/Emergency Projects Branch; January 2004 web-site. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pdep/mexican_ff_profile.htm

Mexican Fruit Fly; subject page for Mexican FF; NAPIS Cooperative Pest Survey Program; Purdue; January 2004 web-site. http://www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/ffmx/

Weems, H. V., Jr., J. B. Heppner , Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and T. R. Fasulo and J. N. Nation, University of Florida; Mexican Fruit Fly; originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars 16 and 260; graphics Jack Dykinga, USDA; Featured Creatures; March 2001, revised June 2003; web-site. http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fruit/tropical/mexican_fruit_fly.htm