Description

• adults are small flies which are 1/8 inch long
• yellow and black thorax and a black head
• adults fly quickly for short distances when disturbed
• maggot is 1/8 inch long white, legless and wedge-shaped
• pupae are light brown, oval and ringed with ridges

Damage

• maggots eat leaf tissue between the upper and lower surfaces
• leave slender, white winding trails through the leaf’s interior
• leaves, especially peppers, are weakened