Max Planck Society7y
Fruit Flies: Husbandry and breeding
The life of a fruit fly consists of four phases ... For optimum growth, they need a temperature of 25 degrees, 65 percent humidity and a day/night cycle of twelve hours. The flies are kept in small ...
CNET8d
Fruit Fly Problem? Here’s How to Eliminate Them Permanently
These expert-backed tips from an entomologist will help banish fruit flies and keep your kitchen pest-free for good.
Fruit fly research reveals new insights into insulin production
The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes ...
Study shows some fruit fly species are susceptible to broad range of viruses
A study of fruit flies shows some species are highly susceptible to a wide range of viruses. The paper, published in the ...
Delishably on MSN10mon
Easy Hack for Keeping Fruit Flies Away Is Totally Life-Changing
Fruit flies are small insects commonly found in kitchens, near ripening fruits and vegetables, which is how they got their ...
Nature4y
Thomas Hunt Morgan: The Fruit Fly Scientist
Morgan valued experimentation over observation, and he became interested in broad questions about the very nature of life. What were ... the help of the common fruit fly. Young naturalist.
Iowa Public Radio5d
Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...
Global Times1mon
China's fruit fly experiment on space station progressing smoothly, family expansion expected to produce three generations
the fruit fly is one of the model species frequently used in genetic experiments. It is small, measuring only 3 to 4 millimeter in length, and has a short life cycle with fast reproduction ...