Olive fruit fly
Insect — Diptera
Identification key : 
Maggot (fly larva) (Larva) 
Flies (brachyceran Diptera) (Adult (and nymphs resembling the adult))
Scientific name : Bactrocera oleae (also Dacus oleae)
Other names : Olive fly
Fly about 5 mm long with a brown thorax marked with pale spots and clear wings bearing a small dark spot at the tip, present in almost all olive-growing areas of the Mediterranean and elsewhere. The female lays an egg under the skin of the olive and the larva tunnels through the flesh. Stung olives drop early or yield oil with higher acidity; the fly completes several generations a year, mainly in late summer and autumn.
Crops affected : Olive tree
Source : Bactrocera oleae (DACUOL)[Overview] — EPPO Global Database — EPPO
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