Invasive fruit fly species puts parts of Orange County under quarantine
The oriental fruit fly is widespread throughout much of the mainland of southern Asia and neighboring islands, including Sri ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN35m
This Parasitic Fungus Turns Flies Into Zombie Insects
The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...
Phys.org on MSN13d
Invisible Anatomy in the Fruit Fly Uterus
You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither ...
Revolutionizing Neuroscience: Full Connectome of Fruit Fly Brain Revealed
Researchers, supported by the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, have created a comprehensive map of the fruit fly brain, identifying ...
Taikonauts to conduct in-orbit experiments on fruit flies
The newly launched Shenzhou-19 taikonauts have embarked on their six-month journey aboard China space station Their packed ...
In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control
Fruit flies wreak havoc on crops in Hawaii, but a type of parasitoid wasp armed with a biological weapon has helped keep the ...
The Brown Daily Herald1d
Complete map of fly brain provides a fruitful resource for neuroscientists
With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...