Mediterranean Fruit Fly Lifecycle

Adult: Lifespan usually 1-2 months
Egg Deposition: 700 eggs in batches of 2-10
Egg Stage: 2-3 days completed in fruit
Larval Stage: 6-10 days
Pupal Stage: 6-13 days
Sexual Maturity: Reached in about 10- 15 days

Host crops include peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, loquat, orange, kumquat, calamondin, other citrus, coffee, guava, mountain apple, sapote, eggplant, pepper, tomato, papaya, cherimoya, custard apple, mango, persimmon, strawberry guava, java plum, rose plum, Jerusalem cherry, and poha.

Note: Lifecycle (at approx. 77F)

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