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   Spotted wing Drosophila can be distinguished from other vinegar flies by spots on the wings of male flies, and by the ovipositor on female flies. First detected in the eastern United States in 2009-10, this small vinegar fly can lay eggs into grapes once the berries become soft after veraison. Unlike most vinegar flies, it can lay eggs into intact fruit, creating a risk of the white larvae (1-2 mm) being in berries at harvest time.
   
   Female flies cut a slit and lay eggs in healthy fruit. The adult female SWD can lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime of two to three weeks. Infested fruit do not show obvious symptoms of infestation at first, with only a small pinprick visible from the egglaying.