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fruit fly

NOUN
  1. any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits

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  • In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has two sex chromosomes and three autosomes.
  • In one scene he almost runs a greengrocer over and sends boxes of fruit flying through the air. The Sun
  • Thus, the amiloride-sensitive PPK28 channel may serve as the osmolarity sensor for gustatory water reception in the fruit fly.
  • Where Mediterranean fruit fly is a potential problem, bait should be laid six weeks before picking.
  • Female wasps parasitize fruit flies by inserting their eggs into fruit fly eggs.
  • Many species of dipterous insects - fruit fly, face fly, botfly, horn fly, and housefly, for example - are targets for neem products. 5 Effects on Insects
  • They expected to confirm that grapefruit is highly attractive to the Mexican fruit fly, probably because a grapefruit gives off semiochemicals - a type of chemical signature that insects identify by smell.
  • The incursion of fruit fly in Auckland some years ago was caused by someone bringing in a capsicum with fruit fly larvae.
  • In the fruit fly they are located on the antennae and the maxillary palp, an appendage near the fly mouth.
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