Anastrepha Ludens Insecta Diptera Tephritidae By James
Williams
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Originates from Mexico, Central America, and from areas as far
south as Costa Rica Introduced in 1927 to Western Mexico, Texas,
Arizona, and Southern California accidentally Transported by
exporting fruits from Mexico across the border and into the U.S. It
can now be found in all the areas mentioned earlier and parts of
Florida
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People affect the flies by killing them. There is no first hand
affect from the flies to the humans A second hand affect; eating
the fruit bitten by the flies causes dietary restriction
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Less fruit is able to be eaten or sold to other countries
Effects on animals? Same as on humans. Dietary restriction. There
is no first hand affect
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SunFruit Tree Mexican Fruit FlyBats Decomposers
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No known predator of the fruit fly besides any animal that eats
a fruit that is home to the fly larvae. No specific predator The
ecological balance has shifted for animals that eat the fruit. The
animals populations have decreased. Does not affect humans because
of medical advancements
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Reasons for success; the climate is near the same in Texas and
other new areas as it is in Mexico and its other homelands. There
is an excess of fruit in the new habitats of the fly. As I stated
earlier, there is no predator of the fruit fly
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To attempt to control the fruit fly, when the bug reaches pest
status, exterminators set up traps to catch and kill the bugs
Options to control growth; let the insects overpopulate and destroy
the fruit, or continue using the traps to control the population
The trade-offs of these decisions; if you let them live without
control, most fruit is inedible. When you control the population,
the government is spending money