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More than 2000 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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Flies of Zihuatanejo
ORDER DIPTERA
Vinegar and Fruit Flies
Family Drosophilidae
Small flies usually with a yellowish body and red eyes. This family includes the “fruit fly” often used by geneticists. Adults and larvae are usually found around fruit or decaying vegetation.

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