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.

The sterile fruit flies will be released weekly to combat Mediterranean fruit fly infestations. The flies threaten over 250 types of produce.

A particularly useful model organism is Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly ... is its short life cycle, which allows a large quantity of flies to be produced within a ...