I wish I had the time and money to create crimes against nature.
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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Don't you drive a car?
It's not like they built the car, though.
The trick is to use other people's time and money to create crime against nature.
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
Are horseflies a lie because they don't eat horses?
Without a lie they'd just be horsefs
Daaaaad
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
...Jousef
No it's because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
But they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby.
That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
Don't.
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
Do they eat barns?
Polar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
You're right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.
Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
But it does sound kind of cool!
You already know what you call a fly with no wings
A walk
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
So why are you called "tramp-ass human"?
They're generally called vinegar flies, and they don't infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
Reminds me of the old joke, what do you call a fly with no wings?
A walk.
what do you call a fly with no wings?
The victim of a psycopath in the making.
Can somebody explain the fruit thing? I've seen fruit flies demolish fresh fruit. The amount of yeast biomass on them must be negligible at that point. Do the eggs/larvae spread the yeast before they start eating?
The fruit flies you've seen eating fresh fruit are probably Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing fruit fly). Most (all?) other Drosophila species (including the model organism Drosophila melanogaster) only feed on rotting fruit. Though they'll consume the sugars too, not just the microorganisms. So standard lab diets include sugar along with yeast and often cornmeal.
There are also some more distantly related flies that feed on fresh fruit and are commonly called fruit flies, eg Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
I’m sure the meme is apocryphal, and it’s not entirely correct. Fruit flies do eat yeast, yes…but they also eat the sugars in the fermenting fruit, not just the microorganisms causing fruit decay. I don’t know about the larvae at all, though.
There's even the old Marx brothers joke "time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
The fruit fly trap taught to me by an entomologist friend is baited with wine, suggesting the fruit flies want fermenting fruit
The trap: get a plastic fizzy drink bottle; bigger is better
Cut off the top. The cut piece is a cone
Place the cone (the top piece) upside down on the rest of the bottle
Sticky tape the joint
Bait with cheap wine or leftover wine or beer. The bait is poured down the funnel into the trap
Her tastes were revealed in the description of baiting the trap — she specified red wine, but I have tested with various booze and fruit flies have no taste, they'll go for anything. You could probably extract bait from the sourdough starter you made in lockdown and kept alive despite never making bread after that first try
Doesn't even have to be actual booze. Apple cider vinegar + a drop of dawn dish soap works a treat.
I guess not everyone has easy access to booze
Oh yeah, that brings up memories. We had to do the same experiments in genetics lab, too. I'll never forget the smell of fruit flies :/
Drosophila are awesome! Been working on them for a long time:)
THE POWER!
Where my cheeky FlyNap sniffers at?