Fruit flies go through a whole series of transitions between life stages, as shown here. The larval molts are called instars. The mature larva forms a prepupa, and then a pupa, which undergo ...

The life of a fruit fly consists of four phases: egg, larva, pupa and fully-formed fly. At 25 degrees, the fly embryo hatches one day after the egg is laid, and it then lives for five days as a larva.

As the weather warms up, fruit flies are starting to become a nuisance in our kitchens. But one simple repellent will keep ...

Changing amino acids one at a time, the researchers discovered that all three are needed to produce fruit flies that, from the egg stage through adulthood, can survive exposure to the chemicals.

From fruit flies and drain flies to fungus gnats and ... Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Gnats undergo four life stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Once they become adults ...

Prior research has shown that there are large numbers of parasitoid species, many of which rely on a host to carry their eggs for them. A large number of wasp species lay their eggs in fruit fly ...