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Help ID this fruit fly. Looks like pumpkin fruitfly but the pattern on the rear is different (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/askbiologists@lemmy.world
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I have many pictures of two specimen (presumably a male and female)

The one with bent wing has this appendix which I think uses to penetrate my luffa fruit skin and lay its eggs or maybe that's the male's organ

Location: Indonesia

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[โ€“] 3 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

I think the little vestigial wings mean it's a fly, right? Wasps should have another functional pair of wings instead. Sometimes it's hard to tell but I only see 2 here.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yes, they are called halteres, just learned this today. Closest I could find was Dacus longicornis

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