From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Fri Dec 29 22:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!news.duke.edu!ocarina.cellbio.duke.edu!user From: Marc_Champagne@cellbio.duke.edu (Marc Champagne) Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Re: fruit fly problem Date: 30 Dec 1995 19:32:19 GMT Organization: Duke Cell Biology Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4c2ike$8e5@grandcanyon.binc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ocarina.cellbio.duke.edu In article <4c2ike$8e5@grandcanyon.binc.net>, Dave Borski wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with fruit flies in my home. At least I think that is > what they are. They are dark brown and about the size of a gnat and seem > to like fruits and sweet things. Where do they come from and how do I > get rid of them? If this is not the right place to ask, sorry for the > inconvenience. Try P-element transformation with a lethal gene! Just kidding. The flies probably came with the fruits. If you put your fruits in the fridge, the flies won't develop. Without fruits in the house, the adults will eventually die (unless you have something rotting behing your fridge). If they have red eyes, they probably are Drosophila. That won't change your problem, but know that thousands of people throughout the world are using that bug and some get Nobel Prizes out of it. Marc .