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.

71-79 (9 pages) Degree-day accumulations and puparial duration of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew), in the field ... Duration of the pre-imaginal stages is strongly a function of season ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

In many ways, fruit flies have become a convenient lens through which scientists can explore the complexities of life. This kind of tissue movement was expected to cause the cells to flow and ...

The findings highlight a crucial aspect of fruit fly development: embryos lacking the modern version of the Bicoid protein do ...

Scientists found that fruit fly embryos can develop through multiple genetic paths, not just one. This challenges traditional ideas.

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.

Prior research has shown that there are large numbers of parasitoid species, many of which rely on a host to carry their eggs ...

It wasn't until these stages were successfully completed that Li Yan ... making them an ideal model for studying life in space. The first fruit flies aboard China's space station are helping ...