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  2. Drosophila melanogaster - Wikipedia

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    Unlike humans, the sex and physical appearance of fruit flies is not influenced by hormones. [16] The appearance and sex of fruit flies is determined only by genetic information. [16] Female fruit flies are substantially larger than male fruit flies, with females having bodies that are up to 30% larger than an adult male. [17] [18]

  3. Phoridae - Wikipedia

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    The Phoridae are a family of small, hump-backed flies resembling fruit flies. Phorid flies can often be identified by their escape habit of running rapidly across a surface rather than taking flight. This behaviour is a source of one of their alternate names, scuttle fly. Another vernacular name, coffin fly, refers to Conicera tibialis. [1]

  4. Fruit flies are invading SC homes. Here are 16 ways to get ...

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    Fruit flies are also drawn to things such as drains, garbage disposals, empty bottles and cans, trash bags, cleaning rags and mops. Essentially, they are drawn to food waste and moist environments ...

  5. Anastrepha suspensa - Wikipedia

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    Anastrepha suspensa, known as the Caribbean fruit fly, the Greater Antillean fruit fly, guava fruit fly, or the Caribfly, is a species of tephritid fruit fly. [1] As the names suggest, these flies feed on and develop in a variety of fruits, primarily in the Caribbean. They mainly infest mature to overripe fruits.

  6. Drosophila - Wikipedia

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    Drosophila (/ d r ə ˈ s ɒ f ɪ l ə, d r ɒ-, d r oʊ-/ [1] [2]) is a genus of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit.

  7. How to get rid of fruit flies - AOL

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    Armed with a few basic tools, you can rid yourself of fruit flies and begin your new fruit fly-free life. First, you must understand your enemy. Fruit flies live for 8 to 10 days and the females ...

  8. Maggot - Wikipedia

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    Maggots feeding on an opossum carrion Maggots on a porcupine carcass Maggots from a rabbit. Common wild pig (boar) corpse decomposition timelapse. Maggots are visible. A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, [1] rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and ...

  9. Rhagoletis cerasi - Wikipedia

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    After 10–15 days the females lay 50-80 eggs [4] one at a time in the pulp of the fruit. After 6–12 days [4] the eggs hatch and white legless larvae 4–6 mm long [4] come out and feed on the pulp of the fruit. During the ripening the larvae leave the fruit and pupate in the soil, [4] where they overwinter. Usually this species have one ...