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Female and male (wild-type). Sex comb on male. No sex comb on female. Dark pigmented spot on rounded abdomen of male; male is also usually smaller than female. Dead . Dead wild-type male: note the wings that are straight off from the body, a sign of death
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Female and male (wild-type) Sex comb on male No sex comb on female Dark pigmented spot on rounded abdomen of male; male is also usually smaller than female
Dead Dead wild-type male: note the wings that are straight off from the body, a sign of death (there are dead flies in other photos as well, by the way)
Vermilion Wild White Sepia
Bar white-apricot Lobe
SepiaEyes (se) Dumpy wings (dp)
Wild type Vestigial Ebony
apterous sepia (ap se) Wild-type fly with wings and red eyes Mutant fly with no wings and dark brown eyes
apterous sepia (ap se) Wild-type female: larger than the male, pointed abdomen, no black spot Wild-type male: smaller than the female, rounded abdomen, black spot Two male mutants with no wings and dark eyes
dumpy sepia (dp se) Two females, mutant on the left, wild-type on the right Short dumpy wings, different shape from wild-type Note that the mutant also has sepia eyes but in this photo, it is hard to see the color difference from wild-type
ebony vestigial (e vg) This is likely a mutant male based on small size and what looks like the black spot on the abdomen, but sex combs would have to be found to be certain Wild-type female Mutant female: Note the vestigial (shriveled) wings And dark body color compared to wild-type
sepia (se) Note the different shades of eye color in sepia mutants; the dark color comes in with age so more newly hatched adults might have a lighter brown color that can be mistaken for wild-type red if you’re not careful
vestigial sepia (vg se) Wild-type female Two mutant females Wild-type male: Note sex comb on front leg
white vestigial (w vg) Mutant male
white vestigial (w vg) Wild-type female Mutant male Wild-type male Mutant female
yellow Bar (y Bar) Wild-type female Note lighter body color of mutants compared to wild-type Sex comb on wild-type male Bar-shaped eye Sex comb on mutant male
yellow (y) Mutant (lighter colored) female Wild-type male Mutant male Wild-type female
yellow white miniature (y w m) Mutants, likely males but need to Find sex combs to be certain: Note white eyes, lighter color, and tiny size Sex comb on wild-type male Wild-type female
Curly Scalloped Wild
Dumpy Vestigial Apterous
Dichaete Curved