Posts Tagged: fruit fly

Presenting: A Butterfly and a Fly

A gray butterfly and a fruit fly... Each has "fly" in its name but one is a member of the order Lepidoptera and the other,...

A fruit fly, Neotephritis finalis, peers up at a gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon melinus, in a bed of Coreopsis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A fruit fly, Neotephritis finalis, peers up at a gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon melinus, in a bed of Coreopsis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Closeup of a fruit fly, Neotephritis finalis, an organism commonly known as a "sunflower seed maggot." Green is reflected in its eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Closeup of a fruit fly, Neotephritis finalis, an organism commonly known as a "sunflower seed maggot." Green is reflected in its eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'How Flies Control How They Walk by Knowing When and How to Stop'

What a catchy title for a seminar: "How Flies Control How They Walk by Knowing When and How to Stop." Meet Salil Bidaye, Research Group Leader,...

Orie Shafer: Researching the Sleep of a Fruit Fly

Did you know that the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a powerful model organism for the study of sleep regulation? It's long been a model...

A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, Wikipedia)

A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, Wikipedia)

Targeting the Mexican Fruit Fly and Other Tephritid Pests

California citrus growers, especially those who grow grapefruit, hate this pest, Anastrepha ludens, the Mexican fruit fly or...

The Mexican fruit fly is a serious pest of grapefruit and mango.

The Mexican fruit fly is a serious pest of grapefruit and mango.

Learn about the 'Drinking Drosophila and Drunk Drosophila' at UC Davis Seminar

"How do animals filter sensory information from their environment and integrate it with their past experience and their internal states to produce an...

UC Merced assistant professor Fred Wolf uses this graphic to illustrate his research.

UC Merced assistant professor Fred Wolf uses this graphic to illustrate his research.

This image of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is by Sanjay Acharya. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

This image of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is by Sanjay Acharya. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

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