But last month, employees stripped dozens of them and placed them at the rear of the lot, away from the public, as part of an all-out quarantine effort aimed at eradicating one of the most destructive pests in the world: the Mediterranean fruit fly.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-03/fruit-fly-infestation-spurs-quarantine-in-los-angeles-county

In order to build a picture of the fruit fly larva connectome, researchers scanned thousands of slices of the larva’s brain.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-brain-first-map-complete-b2297867.html

Scientists have created detailed maps of the brain of a fruit fly, which is much more complex than a fruit fly larva.

Source: https://www.mutiny.in/scientists-have-mapped-the-wiring-of-an-insects-brain-yet-in-the-most-complex-way/

Scientists have created detailed maps of the brain of a fruit fly, which is much more complex than a fruit fly larva.

Source: https://www.mutiny.in/scientists-have-mapped-the-wiring-of-an-insects-brain-yet-in-the-most-complex-way/

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development says its biosecurity response to Queensland fruit fly remains on track despite a recent confirmed detection of a single fly at Rivervale.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/local-news/biosecurity-campaign-continues-after-agricultural-pest-detected-in-rivervale-c-12866512

They used mathematical modeling to show that if they released one modified fruit fly for every four that were not and did that every two weeks, they could collapse a population in about five months.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-berry-busting-fruit-flies-focus-sterilizing.html