Not one I know, Lynda, but you could well be right. I find these tephritids quite tricky from photos. 🙂

I get lots of Nitidulid beetles in my Drosophila traps. Tephritids too.

those tephritids are quite chunky, though about hover fly size?

Really enjoyed the opportunity to share some (in my opinion) cool stuff on Medflies and their microbiota… Thanks to the CEEC organisers for the opportunity. #Medflies #Tephritids #Microbes #Microbiota

You can always get a job in quarantine diagnostics, hope u like bostrichids and dacine tephritids

I worked at a NSW facility that offered this as one of its recurring services (albeit for tephritids, not calliphorids). Technicians would rear out the pupae, check the ptilinum for the fluorescent dye that marked them as sterile, then assess their fitness and survival.

I would be thrilled to catch up and chat about tephritids sometime! Always feel free to reach out. ☺️

Dacinae are the least pretty tephritids

made this quick artfight drawing for @licaijun99.bsky.social of their tephritid fly guy last night and then by sheer coincidence i ended up spending most of today identifying tephritids at work. real fruit fly hours over here

Our study on the #genetics of black pupae in #tephritids is published @commsbio.bsky.social! A global collaboration mixing classic and modern #genomics to solve an old mystery. The findings also open new doors for #evodevo studies. Check it out 👉 rdcu.be/d7hcB

This study integrates classical and modern genetics to show that the ebony gene is linked to the black pupae phenotype in tephritids, offering new insights into Ebony's role in the evolutionary developmental biology of this diverse group of flies.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...