The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is one of important agricultural pests that attack a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Adult female can cause direct damage by laying eggs under the skin of fruits and vegetables. The eggs hatch into larvae that feed in the decaying flesh of the agricultural crops. Damaged fruits and vegetables quickly become inedible or dropto the ground. We investigated the oviposition characteristics of B. dorsalis on twelve fruits and seven vegetables. B. dorsalis marked the oviposition places on every crop tested. B. dorsalis laid eggs into the fruits and vegetables except lemon and passionfruit. We examined the adult emergence from infested crops.

• Jeong Joon Ahn(Research Institute of Climate Change, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Jeju-si 63240, Korea.(ROK)) Corresponding author
• Kyung San Choi(Horticultural and Herbal Crop Environment Division, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea.(ROK))
• Yu-Bing Huang(Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan)