Drosophila or fruit fly larvae have a remarkable escape strategy—they roll away from danger. A study by researchers from China found that the larvae bend their bodies into a "C-shape" and roll ...

More information: David Tadres et al, Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva, Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.014 Provided by University of California ...

L3 stage larval body walls (a) or brains of L3 stage larvae (d) were dissected after chronic ANL feeding using 4 mM ANL concentration.Heads from adult Drosophila flies (b,c) were collected 0–3 ...

In a brain, the L3 larvae would normally develop into young adults, but human brains are dead ends for the worms, which eventually die there without fully maturing.

“Studying a new sensory modality in a tiny Drosophila larva could open new directions" for bioengineering,” Louis said. Journal. Current Biology. DOI. 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.014 .

Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners Date: May 4, 2020 Source: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Summary: Scientists have found that vinegar flies do not ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered that Crz is a key molecule for body size adjustment during the larval stage. Using Drosophila ... L3 stage, which is the final instar larval ...

The L3 larvae move out of the gastrointestinal tract into muscle, heading for the brain. The worms migrate through the blood or along peripheral nerves to get to the central nervous system.

Drosophila larvae avoid light during the foraging stage of their development. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience shows that both 5-HT (serotonergic) and corazonergic ...

In nature, up to 80 percent of Drosophila melanogaster larvae are parasitized by Leptopilina wasps. However, an innate early warning system alerts female flies when wasps are near -- they can then ...

Several now-viral videos posted to Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok in May 2020 showed small insects crawling along the outside of strawberries after the fruit had been soaked in a saltwater solution ...