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apple maggot
(redirected from Rhagoletis pomonella)

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apple maggot, larva of a fruit fly fruit fly, common name for any of the flies of the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae. All fruit flies are very small insects that lay their eggs in various plant tissues.
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Before the 18th century, the widespread New World fly Rhagoletis pomonella laid x its eggs and fed its young only in the small fruits, or haws, of hawthorn trees.
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