Fruit flies go through a whole series of transitions between life stages, as shown here. The larval molts are called instars. The mature larva forms a prepupa, and then a pupa, which undergo ...

A map of 139,205 neurons and over 50 million synapses in the brain of an adult fruit fly / Image courtesy: Tyler Sloan, Amy Sterling / FlyWire / Princeton | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers’ reconstruction of fruit fly’s anterior visual pathway will lead to insights into animal ...

Once the flies get in your house, she said, they'll lay eggs everywhere they can -- in rotten fruit or any fermented substances. And as it gets warmer, their life cycles quicken. That's how ...

Researchers have identified how the architecture of brain circuits helps different species flexibly adapt to new mating signals across evolutionary timeframes.

Fruit flies lay eggs on the surfaces of rotting fruits and vegetables. Eliminating fruit fly breeding areas is the best way to get rid of them. Simple homemade traps are often all you need to get ...

Spread the mulch in a circle at least 4 feet in diameter ... To reduce future populations, remove dropped fruit to prevent flies from completing their life cycle and returning next year. The timing of ...

Apples are pollinated by insects, with bees and flies transferring pollen from flowers of ... produces a tree 40-50% the height of a standard tree. It produces fruit very early in the life of the tree ...

A modern flesh fly (Sarcophaga crassipalpis ... “There is grandeur in this view of life,” wrote Darwin at the end of his great work. It was his stage-four eyes that allowed him to see that ...

See how he flies round his mate, with motions as light as those of the butterfly! His tail is widely expanded, he mounts in the air to a small distance, describes a circle, and ... and many kinds of ...