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Hawaiian fruit flies

Five hundred species of fruit fly have evolved from just one ancestral species in the 8 million or so years since that ancestor was blown ashore on the island chain of Hawaii.

Drosophila primaeva

Scientific name: Drosophila primaeva
Drosophila pullipes

Scientific name: Drosophila pullipes
Drosophila cyrtoloma

Scientific name: Drosophila cyrtoloma
Drosophila conspicua

Scientific name: Drosophila conspicua
Drosophila crugigera

Scientific name: Drosophila crugigera
Drosophila grimshawl

Scientific name: Drosophila heteroneura
Drosophila silvestris

Scientific name: Drosophila grimshawl
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Scientific name: Drosophila silvestris

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