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 ...

A team of researchers led by Matthieu Louis found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory neurons in their head ...

OC Vector hopes that by utilizing a sterile insect technique that the sterilized males will outcompete the non-sterilized ...

"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 ...

These traps are set for three exotic fruit fly species of concern: the Queensland fruit fly, Mediterranean fruit ... for any signs of fruit fly eggs or larvae. More than 70 Biosecurity New Zealand ...

unlike the dry surface the larvae were tested on. With the 29 behaviors in hand, scientists then used mathematics to look for neuron groups that seemed to bias the fly toward each behavior.

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...