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Where do fruit flys magically apear from?

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LynetteScavo · 22/07/2009 19:14

Therey are nowhere to bee seen untill you have a rotting banana.

Now they are dive bombing my glass of wine because the banana is gone.

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southeastastra · 22/07/2009 19:15

they live in a secret universe along with slugs i reckon

PrefetParfait · 22/07/2009 19:15

I have mated fruit fly's. Thay can be pretty cute actually.

whomovedmychocolate · 22/07/2009 19:17

Was that satisfying PrefetParfait?

PrefetParfait · 22/07/2009 19:19

I made some with red eyes and some with white eyes.

And I anesthatised them with ether. Watching them twitch as they woke up was cool

southeastastra · 22/07/2009 19:25

is that your job prefet?

LynetteScavo · 22/07/2009 19:25

I hope you managed to gain some amazing insight into the mating of fruite flys, PP!

I'm not trying to kill them, unsucessfully by clapping my hands on them.

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southeastastra · 22/07/2009 19:26

they always look so easy to catch until you try

PrefetParfait · 22/07/2009 19:27

No.

I did it as part of biology practicals at Uni

LynetteScavo · 22/07/2009 21:09

Hmmm...funny how when uni students end their academic term the fuit flys appear!

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PrefetParfait · 22/07/2009 22:04

well I guess they have to be released somewhere - animal rights and all that !

Monty100 · 23/07/2009 12:41

I think they malinger in indoor plant pots.

Have you ever wondered how many fruit flies you've unknowingly injested while drinking wine/beer?

MumtoCharlieandLola · 23/07/2009 12:43

Are they related to the little black ones you get in your bathroom sometimes

(yes perhaps I am a dirty slattern if nobody else gets these).

I keep cleaning my sink but they keep popping back up again

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