Agriculture officials identified the larvae as a caper fruit fly ... These fruit flies are part of an insect family that includes Mediterranean fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, melon fly, and ...

The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) ("medfly"), attacks over 250 species of fruits and vegetables. Females puncture fruit when they lay eggs and hatched larvae destroy the fruit. With ...

Scientists found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields, adding them to a list with sharks, bees, and even the ...

"It tastes nutty," the middle-aged Israeli entrepreneur said as he munched away at fruit fly larvae before processing the rice-size yellowish creatures into protein powder. Eran Gronich ...

Fruit flies are already famous in science. They’ve helped researchers make discoveries in genetics, aging, and brain function ...