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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-214 hours agoThey’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit. But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·13 hours agoThey’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
They’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.