Mediterranean fruit fly
hatching, the larvae feed on the flesh of the fruit. As each fly lays several eggs in a fruit and different flies may lay eggs in the same fruit, the number [...] black mouth hooks. The puparium is 4-5 mm long, yellowish brown to reddish brown and barrel-shaped. The eggs are laid below the skin of the host fruit. After [...] number of larvae per fruit can be very high. After about 6-11 days, they are fully developed and leave the fruit to pupate in the soil. C. capitata does not