Can fruit flies reproduce in space How do they behave in the space environment without the Earth gravity or a geomagnetic field Since the first bat ...

Larvae navigate and prefer older ... We find - with the power of Drosophila genetics - that at least the hardness of food is a crucial aspect of the overall gustatory profile.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified venom genes from the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which uses ...

The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called maggots ... and investigations beyond fruit flies are needed to fully understand taste perception in mammals, including ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

In the context of Drosophila suzukii ... nontarget effects of these formulations found minimal impact on honey bee larvae and other beneficial insects, which is crucial for maintaining ecological ...

The researchers observed that the maggots consistently preferred the rotten fruit over the fresh one. This behavior suggested ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

Larvae navigate and prefer older ... We find – with the power of Drosophila genetics – that at least the hardness of food is a crucial aspect of the overall gustatory profile. Excitingly the same ...