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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 23, 2010

I think this is a member of Diptera, but does anyone know what kind?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 24, 2010

This is a vinegar/pomace fly (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the (so far) genus Drosophila (see http://tinyurl.com/2d8v8j3 for an example. This genus includes the famous genetics laboratory species, Drosophila melanogaster, but it also contains more than a thousand other species, and currently faces major revision, so that many species currently included in this genus may be moved others.

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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 24, 2010

suunto, thanks, and I've used fruit flies to study genetics. I recall once that a fellow student had anesthetized hers in order to collect some data on eye color and sex of the F1's. Well, her boyfriend showed up and she began talking to him, and talked for a while. Guess what sleeping flies did?

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