Fig. 1. Infested apricot. A. Maggot. B. Holes where maggot has escaped. After Claude Fuller. Fruit infested by the Queensland fly (Tephrites Tryonii) not being obtainable at the time of my visit, the drawing of an apricot attacked by the West Australian fruit-fly (Halterophora capitata) is reproduced here to give an idea of the appearance of infested fruit, the mode of attack being described as similar. Fig. 2. Maggot, magnified, Tephrites Tryonii. Fig. 3. Pupa, magnified. After Froggatt. Figs. 4 and 5. Back and side view of fly, magnified. Original. The line below Fig. 5 shows the natural length.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 12, 16 September 1908, Page 11
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99Fig. 1. Infested apricot. A. Maggot. B. Holes where maggot has escaped. After Claude Fuller. Fruit infested by the Queensland fly (Tephrites Tryonii) not being obtainable at the time of my visit, the drawing of an apricot attacked by the West Australian fruit-fly (Halterophora capitata) is reproduced here to give an idea of the appearance of infested fruit, the mode of attack being described as similar. Fig. 2. Maggot, magnified, Tephrites Tryonii. Fig. 3. Pupa, magnified. After Froggatt. Figs. 4 and 5. Back and side view of fly, magnified. Original. The line below Fig. 5 shows the natural length. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 12, 16 September 1908, Page 11
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