fruit flies
Tiny kitchen insects
Fruit flies are tiny flies attracted to ripening or fermenting fruit.
The common species *Drosophila melanogaster* breeds rapidly and has been essential to genetics research for over a century.
In everyday contexts, fruit flies are the small swarm that appears when bananas sit too long on the counter: We've got fruit flies in the kitchen again.
Immature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- compound eyesMulti-lensed visual organs
- wingsLimbs for flight
- thoraxCentral body cavity
abdomen · exoskeleton · proboscis · ovipositor · pupae · maggots · invertebrate · arthropod
Science of hereditary transmission
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
genotype · transgenic · gene expression · inheritance · genomics · Morgan · embryology · neuroscience
Reproductive cells in shells
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
- adultMature person, legally responsible
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
stages · development · maturation · reproduction · mating · fecundity · generations · short lifespan
Pest takeover situation
- swarmMass of moving insects
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- trapDevice for catching animals
bait · apple cider vinegar · compost · garbage · kitchen · contamination · breeding · sanitation
larvae
Immature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- compound eyesMulti-lensed visual organs
- wingsLimbs for flight
thorax · abdomen · exoskeleton · proboscis · ovipositor · pupae · maggots · invertebrate · arthropod · diptera
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
phenotype · genotype · transgenic · gene expression · inheritance · genomics · Morgan · embryology · neuroscience · behavioral studies
eggs
Reproductive cells in shells
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
- adultMature person, legally responsible
metamorphosis · stages · development · maturation · reproduction · mating · fecundity · generations · short lifespan · senescence
infestation
Pest takeover situation
trap · bait · apple cider vinegar · compost · garbage · kitchen · contamination · breeding · sanitation · repellent
- Food Storage Problemsfreezer burn, mold growth, wrong temperature, spoilage, broken seal
- fly types
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- fruit industryorchards, groves, growers, harvesting, citrus groves
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
- Biology HistoryDarwin, Mendel, evolution, natural selection, cell theory
fruit fliesblowflies
Flesh-eating fly larvae hosts
dung beetles · houseflies · drain flies · stable flies · carrion beetles
flight, fruit, flying, fruits, fruity, flies, fruitful, fruitless, fruitcake