Fruit Fly Locates Strawberry (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Fruit Fly Locates Strawberry

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A long-exposure photograph reveals the last few seconds of a fruit fly's search -- surging forward when it has the scent and casting when it loses the odor, all the while looking for fruit-shaped objects.

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Floris van Breugel

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