Fruit flies don’t just show up out of nowhere 🪰 They’re drawn to ripening bananas and can lay eggs around the stem once the fruit starts to brown. 🍌 A quick rinse and light vinegar spray helps remove residue and keep flies away naturally. #NaturalLiving #CleanKitchen #fruitflies #bananas #vinegar #applecidervinegar #girldad #parenting #nutrition #healthandwellness #holisticnutrition #fruitflieslikeabanana #fruitflytrap | James Natura

The macabre wasp that lays its eggs *inside* live fruit flies 🪰 Drosophila fruit flies are well studied insects. For over a century, these tiny animals have been at the centre of some of the biggest molecular and genetic breakthroughs in science. But despite being under the microscope all this time, it looks like researchers have missed something. And that something is a minuscule wasp that preys on them. This wasp species, named Syntretus perlmani, was discovered by chance in an infected fruit