Black Fig Fly (Silba adipata McAlpine, 1956) : infestation.

Silba adipata McAlpine Presentation Biology Living habits Infestation Control methods

Home > Infestation.		Initial publication: 2015. Enriched in the subsequent years. Author: François DROUET. Photograph: François DROUET. All rights reserved.

Infestation Egg-laying females behavior Attacks variability over the season Intense attacks phase characteristics Female behavior on a fig tree Female behavior on a fig Ovipositions observation campaign (2020) Multiple ovipositions in the same fig (egg-laying females observation) Multiple ovipositions in the same fig (eggs study) Multiple ovipositions in the same fig (larvae examination) Immature figs infestation Attacks symptoms 143 figs infestation study (eggs) Correlation study larvae exit holes number / eggs number Immature figs infestation (eggs): number per fig, implantation by ostiolar scales types Immature figs infestation (eggs): number of used ostiolar scales, eggs dissemination Immature figs infestation (pupae and dead imagos) Size of attacked figs Size increase of attacked figs Ripe figs infestation Infested figs reaching maturity Evolution of an infested breba fig reaching maturity Larvae inside ripe figs: presence and visibility Larvae inside ripe figs: species identification Pupae inside ripe figs: F. DROUET's observations Pupae inside ripe figs: other observers Dead imagos inside ripe figs: F. DROUET's observations Dead imagos inside ripe figs: other observers Black Fig Fly (Silba adipata McAlpine, 1956). Top of page