Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritidae - Tephritis praecox

Posted by John Smit on 21-07-2007 11:38
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Hi Jorge,

Correct, i the first picture you can clearly see that the last part of the abdomen is a small black, shiny, more or less, triangle different in colour than the rest of the abdomen, this is the Oviscapus, the ovipositor is retracted inside the abdomen.

John