Wild Tobacco Fly - Bactrocera cacuminata
Family Tephritidae
This page contains pictures and information about Wild Tobacco Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
- Body length 6mm
- This Wild Tobacco Fly is easily found on the Wild Tobacco plants Solanum mauritianum.
- We thought this was the Queensland Fruit fly. Our visitor Graham Teakle sent us email advised that this should be the Wild Tobacco Fly. The fly lays eggs into wild tobacco fruits
- Reference:
- 1. Bactrocera cacuminata (Hering) - Fruitfly - NSW Agriculture, 1998.
- 2. Wild tobacco fly - PaDIL - Pests and Diseases Image Library, 2005.
