Cut clean and dry cork into smaller pieces and place them in various spots in the kitchen or pantry where fruit flies often ...

We are officially in fruit fly season, that time of year when bananas become your worst kitchen enemy and tiny pesky flies start to appear as if from nowhere. Gnats and fruit flies are a common ...

The Horticulture Industry is concerned about the discovery of a single oriental fruit fly - but is confident MPI will eradicate any further incursion. The search for oriental fruit flies is continuing ...

The common name that entomologists give fruit flies is "vinegar flies." That's because they're naturally attracted to fermented liquid, and when fruit rots, it also ferments. But fruit flies don ...

Biosecurity New Zealand says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland. Strict biosecurity conditions are in place after an Oriental fruit fly ...

The search for more oriental fruit flies is continuing in South Auckland after the insect was found in a Papatoetoe surveillance trap on Friday. Strict fruit and vegetable movement restrictions would ...

70, No. 3, Sep., 1987 Natural Host Plant Survey of the Economi... Natural Host Plant Survey of the Economically Important Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Chiapas, Mexico This is the metadata ...

In February, 1947, American scientists launched a group of fruit flies into space. The flies climbed 42 miles from Earth as part of research into the effects of radiation at high altitude.

Fruit flies, particularly those belonging to the Tephritidae family, are significant agricultural pests that can cause extensive damage to horticultural crops worldwide. Research in this area ...

A major biosecurity operation is under way in South Auckland after an Oriental fruit fly was found in a backyard, with restrictions on the movement of fruit and vegetables to come into force.

The sparse literature on the natural habitat of Drosophila busckii indicates a preference for rotting vegetables, which are poisonous to other species. "In contrast to other fruit fly species ...