Oriental Fruit Fly Lifecycle

Adult: Lifespan may exceed 4 months

Egg Deposition: As many as 1000 eggs

Egg Stage: 1-2 days completed in fruit

Larval Stage: 11-15 days

Pupal Stage: 8-11 days

Sexual Maturity: Reached in 25-35 days

Host crops include guava, mango, cashew apple, papaya, cherimoya, soursop, custard  apple, velvet apple, breadfruit, jack fruit, fig, loquat, peppers, apricot, peach, tomato, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, other citrus, star apple, sapodilla, canistel, nectarine, and persimmon.

Note: Lifecycle (at approx. 77F)