Zeugodacus Cucurbitae
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Zeugodacus Cucurbitae
''Bactrocera cucurbitae'', the melon fly, is a Tephritidae, fruit fly of the Family (biology), family Tephritidae. It is a serious agriculture, agricultural Pest (organism), pest, particularly in Hawaii. Identification Adult fly The adult melon fly is 6 to 8 mm in length. Distinctive characteristics include its insect wing, wing pattern, its long third Antenna (biology), antennal segment, the reddish yellow Anatomical terms of location, dorsum of the thorax with light yellow markings, and the yellowish head with black spots. Egg The egg (biology), egg is elliptical, about 2 mm long, and pure white. It is almost flat on the Anatomical terms of location, ventral surface, and more convex on the dorsal. Eggs are often somewhat longitudinally curved. Larva The larva is a cylindrical-maggot shape, elongated, with the anterior end narrowed a somewhat curved ventrally. It has anterior mouth hooks, ventral wikt:fusiform, fusiform areas and a flattened Anatomical terms of locat ...
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Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ...
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