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Fruit fly alert: 105 traps added in South Auckland response
Biosecurity New Zealand says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland. Strict biosecurity conditions are in place after an Oriental fruit fly ...
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Destructive fruit fly found in South Auckland surveillance trap
A major biosecurity operation is underway in South Auckland after an Oriental fruit fly was found in a surveillance trap in a suburban backyard in Papatoetoe, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) ...
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Fruit Fly Revolutionizes 4 Scientific Fields
The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in households around the world, where it often deposits eggs on rotting flesh ...
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‘One of the most important species for science’: how the humble fruit fly transformed 4 fields of research
Caitlyn Perry receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in ...
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‘Mold-like growth’ on fruit, dead fly in ice cream mix: 3 South Florida restaurants shut
Rodent droppings found at a frozen yogurt shop. A fast food spot with a bevy of issues including flies buzzing around the ice cream and soda machines and mold on lemons and limes and inside the ...
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Fruit flies steal bacterial defense to survive parasitic wasps
University of California, Berkeley biologists have shown that several species of fruit fly have stolen a successful defense from bacteria to survive predation by parasitic wasps, which in some ...