Apple maggot
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apple-maggot-171-18638496
title:
Apple maggot
text:
The apple maggot, also known as the railroad worm, is a species of fruit fly, and a pest of several types of fruits, especially apples. This species evolved about 150 years ago through a sympatric shift from the native host hawthorn to the domesticated apple species Malus domestica in the northeastern United States. This fly is believed to have been accidentally spread to the western United States from the endemic eastern United States region through contaminated apples at multiple points throug
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Species of fly
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_maggot
date created:
2004-08-10T07:34:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:54:03Z
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image:
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13
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