What Does the White Striped Fruit Fly Look Like?
The adult white striped fruit fly resembles the Oriental fruit fly, but has a different wing pattern and coloration pattern on the thorax and abdomen. The body has a dark stripe down the middle, flanked by two broader stripes on the sides, with yellow coloring and a dark triangle mark on the thorax. The wing has a brown mark along the front edge that becomes faint at mid-length and reappears as a light spot at the wing tip. The wings also have two brown stripes, one at the base and one at mid-wing. The larvae are legless and may range in color from white to yellowish-white, and grow to a length of 0.4 or 2/5 inches within the host fruit.
