Identification
for Fruit Fly
Adults are very small with distinctive red eyes. UC IPM gives a length of about 1/12 to 1/8 inch (2 to 3 mm) and a brown-to-yellowish body; UGA reports color from nearly black to tan and a size up to about a fifth of an inch, so expect variation. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/PESTS/fruitflies.html Source: https://site.extension.uga.edu/madison/2021/08/shoo-fruit-flies-dont-bother-me/ The larvae are pale, whitish maggots with a small forked breathing tube at the tail and dark mouthparts at the head, found in or beside the spoiling fruit they grew up in. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/PESTS/fruitflies.html