or pupa, “but you will see adults. The adult drain fly is grayish brown, approximately 4 mm long, and looks hairy due to the scales on the wings.” How to Tell Drain Flies and Fruit Flies Apart ...

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.

Fruit flies are attracted to ripe, rotting, or fermenting produce and can breed in moist areas like drains. Homemade traps using apple cider vinegar, overripe fruit, wine, or beer can effectively ...

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 ...

Warmer weather means pesky fruit flies will be on the rise. Avoid an infestation with prevention hacks from an entomologist. Arielle Burton is an associate content manager on CNET's Performance ...

FRUIT flies are known to invade homes during the warmer months, but keeping your home fly-free doesn't need to be such a headache. Although there are plenty of tips and tricks out there you can ...

Unfortunately, this also means it’s time for the gnats and fruit flies to emerge and attempt to take up residence in your home. Gnats and fruit flies are annoying, whether it’s a single one ...

compared to 129 fruit fly-infested fruits containing 634 live larvae and 4 pupae in the unbagged fruits. Later molecular and morphological identification concluded that these larvae and pupae were ...

Environmental officials in California’s San Francisco Bay and East Bay areas are releasing millions of sterile fruit flies to reduce the number of pests leading to produce decay. The fruit flies ...