Euaresta

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Euaresta festiva is one of nearly five-thousand desceibed species of tephritid fruit fly present in today's Quaternary. The eyes of this North American species range from orange hues to blue and green in color. Adults are characterized with their yellowish-orange thoraxes and spotted black-and-white wings. While they fly through fields, meadows, and streamsides in the summer from July to September, their larvae overwinter by parasitizing the seeds of a single species of Giant Ragweed, Ambrosia trifida. The larva of Euaresta festiva pupates in the spring after it lives off of the seeds, and continues the insect r-strategist life cycle.