First time I experienced fruit flies was about two years ago

It seemed to be a thing that so many suffered from.

I poured boiling water down drains, left apple cider vinegar dishes about.. still the little buggers were in everything #FruitFlies

A cat in a corridor with Medflies in his mouth.

Happy #Caturday !!
I saw this cool cat in the corridor with Medflies in its mouth!! Great pest control. #FruitFlies #FruitFly #Medflies #Medfly.

Visual information that is relevant for escape is relayed to the Giant Fiber (green) via input synapses (magenta). (photo/©: Carsten Duch)

LC4-neuron cluster in the Drosophila fly brain. One cluster consists of approximately 80 neurons. (photo/©: Carsten Duch)

JGU researchers uncover novel connections during fruit fly aging: Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/jgu-researche…

#biology #neurobiology #drosophila #fruitflies

I am beginning working on #metatranscriptomic data from #fruitflies gut #microbiota. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions?
#academicsky

Comparison between true state probabilities, stationary approximation, and periodically stationary distribution for three different simulated Markov Chains. The bias of the stationary distribution is severe.

Overall dwell-time distribution in the active state of the fruit flies in two light conditions. Both distributions deviate substantially from a geometric one.

Using #simulations and a case study on #fruitflies 🪰, we show that
- the widely used stationary approximation can be severely biased! ❌
- dwell-time distributions can deviate substantially from a #geometric shape.

#HMM #MarkovChain #seasonality #diel #stats #rstats #StatisticalEcology #behaviour

Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference - Nature Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in addition to p...

Key role of the brain in the evolution of food choices in fruit flies. A study from scientists at the University of Fribourg @tomtom-auer.bsky.social working in collaboration with Swiss, Portuguese and German colleagues.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#fruitflies #brain

New article published in Scientific Note's Section First report of Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infesting corn (Zea mays L.) ears in organic farming system in the Neotropical Region doi: https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v18.e1126 #Biodiversityconservation #Fruitflies #Insectmanagement

New article published in Scientific Note's Section
First report of Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infesting corn (Zea mays L.) ears in organic farming system in the Neotropical Region
doi: doi.org/10.12741/ebr...
#Biodiversityconservation #Fruitflies #Insectmanagement

New article published in Scientific Note's Section First report of Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infesting corn (Zea mays L.) ears in organic farming system in the Neotropical Region

New article published in Scientific Note's Section
First report of Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) infesting corn (Zea mays L.) ears in organic farming system in the Neotropical Region
doi: doi.org/10.12741/ebr...
#Biodiversityconservation #Fruitflies #Insectmanagement

🎧 Why do scientists keep doing the hard work of science? Biologist Melissa Harrison gives us her answer on a recent episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS. #fruitflies #diffusemidlineglioma

🎧 New episode of SOCIALIZING with SCIENTISTS with biologist Melissa Harrison! Melissa talks about why she decided to go into the family business, as well as why fruit flies are so important to human health. @harrisonflylab.bsky.social
#fruitflies #diffusemidlineglioma

A few weeks ago, I shared this simple—but insanely effective—fruit fly trap I made: a glass jar, a few holes in the lid, some vinegar and honey 🪰 ​
Well, I’m happy to report that since putting it into action, this trap has been literally KILLING it! 💥
#fruitflytrap #Fruitflies #ByeBugs

Fruit Flies Shed Light on How Human Alzheimer’s Risk Genes Impact the In a groundbreaking endeavor to unravel the genetic complexities underpinning Alzheimer’s disease, scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research I

#FruitFlies Shed Light on How Human #Alzheimer’s Risk #Genes Impact the #Brain. J. Deger, J. Shulman, H. Bellen et al. #bcmneurology #bcm_neurosci @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #TCHResearchNews @ajhgnews.bsky.social bioengineer.org/fruit-flies-...

Fruit flies offer new insights into how human Alzheimer’s Disease risk genes affect the brain Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital offer...

#FruitFlies offer new insights into how human #AlzheimersDisease risk #genes affect the #brain. J. Deger, J. Shulman, H. Bellen et al. #bcmneurology #bcm_neurosci @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #TCHResearchNews @ajhgnews.bsky.social www.bcm.edu/news/fruit-f...

Decline in offspring quantity but not quality from successive matings in male rainforest Drosophila, with no evidence for genetic divergence in male mating behaviour along elevational and density grad... Abstract. Fertilisation success is a major component of male fitness, meaning males should capitalise on all opportunities for mating. However, other sourc

Tropical rainforest #fruitflies show limited capacity for remating, even though successive matings do not reduce offspring quality:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Saxon et al. 2025

Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.

Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm

Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.

Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm

Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.

Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm

After a long saga of battling fruit flies in my kitchen compost bin, I think I’ve cracked it: electrical tape + foam layer + duct tape. No flies so far! 😎​ #kitchenbin #fruitflies

Dominance Reversal Helps Fruit Flies Preserve Resistance Genes

Researchers find fruit‑fly pesticide‑resistance alleles are dominant during exposure and recessive when absent. Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution Sept 15, 2025. Read more: getnews.me/dominance-reversal-helps... #dominancereversal #fruitflies

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@EdwinG

Wow, happy fediversary!

You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!

Time flies! [1]

[1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke […]

#bakingSky #Homecooking #HomecookingSky #sourdough #FruitFlies

How can something so miniscule have such an enormous amount of nerve? #fruitflies

That time of year, pesky little fucking fruit flies have invaded my kitchen. Anyone have any good tips (that actually work) for dealing with the little shites?

#SpeirGorm #SummerProblems #FruitFlies

Did you know #fruitflies ovulate roughly 70 times a day? This makes #Drosophila a powerful model for studying the #genetics behind #ovulation in humans.

Here's a stunning look at fly ovaries under a #fluorescent microscope. Each blue dot is a cell nucleus. The beauty of #DrosophilaOogenesis!