Fruit Fly Information
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How to identify a fruit fly.
1.) Four black horizontal stripes.
2.) Like most flies the fruit fly has reddish colored eyes
3.) The artistic designs on their wings.
4.) These are almost like teeth. they are used for making punctures on fruits so the fruit fly can suck out the liquid.
5.) Fruit fly legs are used to eat and drink liquids like most other flies
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Fruit flies belong to the family Drosophilidae and are some of the most colorful flies in the world today. A related fly family, the Tephritidae, are also called fruit flies, but these just feed primarily on unripe or ripe fruit. There are many different types of fruit flies throughout the world. The entire genus,
contains about 1,500 species and is very diverse in appearance, behavior, and breeding habitat. So not every fruit fly will not look the same. Typically fruit flys are know for the designs that are layed out within their wings.
Even though fruit flies are colorful and have great wing designs they are still pest. Fruit flies are carriers of harmful diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, trachoma and anthrax. When flies land on a surface's whether its on your arm, food or table it leaves behind thousands of bacteria and can cause diarrhea and other health problems.
These flies are usually found around fruits, drains and decaying vegetables.
Fruit flies are are highly attracted to light. Being that fruit flies are attracted to light doesn't mean they will fly into any bug zapper with light and die. Fruit flies are actually very hard to kill because they are so small. Fly zappers are commonly built the same way by many manufactures. They are built with open
grids all the way around and fruit flies are so small they can fly straight through the zapper.
How to catch Fruit Flies properly The proper way to catch fruit flies are with fly traps and not zappers. Fruit flies are small enough to slip through the zapper grid, but they can't escape a fly trap. Fly traps are silent and very effective for fruit flies as they try to fly
in but hit head first in to a glue board or holding tank where they remain until they die.
FAQ About House Flies
How do I get fruit flies?
Female fruit flies lay their eggs on the surface of rotting fruit, or wherever else food is allowed to rot and ferment including drains, garbage, mops and rags.
What are other names for fruit flies?
Fruit flies are also known as drain flies, vinegar flies
What is a fruit fly's life cycle?
The reproductive potential of fruit flies is enormous. Given the opportunity, they will lay about 500 eggs. The entire lifecycle from egg to adult can be completed in about a week.
Where do flies gather the bacteria that’s on their body?
The bacteria and other disease-producing organisms are collected from the unsanitary areas where the fruit flies breed. This is why it is important to keep fruit flies and other flies under control to avoid sanitation problems. Why are fruit fly traps more safe in restraunts and food processing areas.
Commonly when flies get zapped by a zapper they will explode and when that
happens fly guts and body parts will go all over the place and make a the restaurant/food processing plant un-sanitary. Fly traps do not have this problem because of the glue boards the flies stick to. (glue boards should be changed every 4 - 6 weeks)
Where do fruit flies go in the winter?
The fruit flies commonly hiding in rubbish, drains, sewers and any other place with protection.
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