Fruit Fly Collection

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0768
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fruit fly (Drosophila funebris) on an apple. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Fruit fly brain, illustration C018 / 0791
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) brain, illustration. The two large structures at right and left are the optic lobes, which process information from the flys large compound eyes

Fruit fly, SEM
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) flying past plant foliage. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Compound eye of a fly, SEM Z340 / 0698
Compound eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a compound eye from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). The eye consists of many rounded lenses known as ommatidia

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0699
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). Its two compound eyes (red) are seen on either side of the head

Fruit fly embryo, illustration C018 / 0784
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) embryo, illustration. Fruit flies are used as a model organism for embryogenesis. They are particularly suited to this as they have large brood sizes

Fruit fly F007 / 6604
Fruit fly (order Diptera)

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0700
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). Its two compound eyes (red) are seen on either side of the head

Fruit fly, artwork
Fruit fly. Computer artwork showing the anatomy of a fruit fly (Drosophila sp.)

Dragon, ladybug has seven points on a hazel tree - Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, seven-spot ladybird
FLO4562379 Dragon, ladybug has seven points on a hazel tree - Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata and fruit flies on a hazel tree, Corylus avellana

Spotted strangalia - Cabbage worm, longhorn beetle, Rutpela maculata, on a flower
FLO4562462 Spotted strangalia - Cabbage worm, longhorn beetle, Rutpela maculata, on a flower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

INDO 20-07 189
Fruit Fly on leaf - Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia Date: 05-Nov-04

Diagram of observations made by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) illustrating his white-eye experiments with fruit flies
MORGAN: FRUIT FLIES. Diagram of observations made by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945) illustrating his white-eye experiments with fruit flies

Fruit fly compound eye, SEM
Fruit fly compound eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Fruit fly sex comb, SEM
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) sex comb, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The sex comb is found only on the front legs of males

Fruit fly antenna, SEM
Fruit fly antenna. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Seen here is an antenna (left) and part of a compound eye (upper right, red)

Fruit fly head, SEM
Fruit fly head. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Its two compound eyes (red) are seen on either side of the head

Fruit fly foot, SEM
Fruit fly foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the foot of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The two claws are used to grip rough surfaces

Fruit fly spiracle, SEM
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) spiracle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the spiracle (air pore) of a male fruit fly

Fruit fly proboscis, SEM
Fruit fly proboscis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the coiled-up proboscis (lower centre) of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Fruit fly balance organ, SEM
Fruit fly balance organ. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the balance organ (haltere) of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The haltere is the oval structure at lower left

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0662
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii) on a banana. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Fruit fly, SEM Z340 / 0663
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii) on a banana. Its compound eyes (red) are seen and its wings are outstretched

Giant chromosomes, SEM
Giant chromosomes. Colured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of giant (polytene) chromosomes from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii)

Giant chromosomes, SEM P657 / 0034
Giant chromosomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of giant (polytene) chromosomes from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii)

LM of Drosophila giant (polytene) chromosome
Giant chromosome. Coloured computer-enhanced light micrograph of a giant (polytene) chromosome in a salivary gland cell of the fruit fly Drosophila funebris

Giant chromosomes, light micrograph P657 / 0038
Giant chromosomes. Light micrograph of giant (polytene) chromosomes from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). These chromosomes are formed from repeated rounds of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Giant chromosomes, light micrograph P657 / 0037
Giant chromosomes. Light micrograph of giant (polytene) chromosomes from a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii). These chromosomes are formed from repeated rounds of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Fruit fly wings, illustration C018 / 0792
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) wings, illustration

Animal models for cancer research C018 / 0748
Animal models for cancer research, conceptual illustration. Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) with malignant (cancerous) tumours in one of its eyes

Fruit fly, illustration C018 / 0732
Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), illustration. Fruit flies are widely used in genetic experiments, particularly in mutation experiments

Fruit fly compound eye lenses, SEM C018 / 0555
Fruit fly compound eye lenses, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). A compound eye consists of many rounded lenses known as ommatidia

Fruit fly head C018 / 5815
Fruit fly (Tephritis postica) head. Each compound eye (green) is made up of numerous simple eyes called ommatidia. Each ommatidium sends a signal to the flys brain

Fruit flies mating. Pair of Dioxyna bidentis fruit flies mating on a flower. Photographed in Wroclaw, Poland

Fruit fly head C018 / 2472
Fruit fly head. Close-up of the head of a fruit fly (Tephritis postica), showing its small antennae (top left) and one of its large compound eyes

Fruit fly in Dominican amber
Fruit fly deriving from Diptera:Cyclorrapha:Drosophilidae trapped and preserved in Dominican amber with a parasitic or phoretic mite attached to its abdomen

Phytalmia, antlered fly

Fruit Fly Strains - brown eyes - vestigal wings
SPH-188 Fruit Fly Strains Drosophila melanogaster Brown eyes, vestigial wings Steve Hopkin contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Bright yellow flowers of a Golden Penda tree - in a suburban garden. Note the fruit fly near the top
EL-1932 Bright yellow flowers of a Golden Penda tree - in a suburban garden. Found in the wild in rainforests along the eastern shores of Cape York, Australia

Picture-winged Thistle Gall Fly (Urophora cardui) adult, resting on leaf, Crossness Nature Reserve, Bexley, Kent, England, june

Coloured SEM of heads of normal & mutant fruit fly
Normal and mutated fruit fly heads. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the heads of a normal (left) and a mutated (right) fruit fly (Drosophila sp.)

Breathing tube on a fruit flys pupa, SEM
Breathing tube on a fruit flys pupa, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This structure is called a spiracle. This fruit fly is Drosophila melanogaster (wild type Oregon R)

Fly eating another fly, SEM
Fly eating another fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a large predatory fly, Coenosia humilis (brown), feeding on a smaller fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster (green)

Coenosia fly eating a drosophila
Fly eating another fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a large fly (Coenosia humilis, orange) eating a smaller fruit fly (Drosophila sp.)

F / col SEM of head of fruit fly, Drosophila sp
False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila has been widely used for genetic experiments, particularly on mutation

Fruit flies. Artwork of a male (left) and a female (right) fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The first leg of the male fly has a sex comb (red, expanded at left of upper centre)

Drosophila fly, SEM
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a fruit fly (Drosophila sp). One of the two multi-faceted compound eyes (red) is seen

Adult fruit fly hatching, SEM
Fruit fly hatching. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an imago (adult) of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (wild type, Oregon R), at eclosion (hatching)

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"Fruit Fly: A Tiny Marvel of Nature's Engineering" The fruit fly, scientifically known as Drosophila melanogaster, is a fascinating creature that has captured the attention of scientists and researchers for decades. With its intricate features and remarkable abilities, this tiny insect continues to amaze us. Using the powerful SEM Z340 / 0768 microscope, scientists have been able to capture stunning images of the fruit fly. The SEM image reveals the intricate details of its body structure, showcasing its delicate wings and slender legs. In another SEM image, we get a closer look at its compound eye (SEM Z340 / 0698), which consists of thousands of individual lenses that allow it to see in multiple directions simultaneously. But it's not just their physical appearance that makes them intriguing; it's also their behavior. Fruit flies are known for their exceptional sense of smell and taste and can detect even the faintest aroma from decaying fruits or fermenting liquids from miles away. This ability has made them invaluable in scientific research related to olfaction and taste perception. In addition to their sensory prowess, fruit flies possess an astonishing brain capacity relative to their size. An illustration (C018 / 0791) depicts the complexity of a fruit fly's brain with various regions responsible for different functions such as memory formation and learning. Furthermore, these insects have played a crucial role in genetic studies thanks to Thomas Hunt Morgan's groundbreaking experiments on white-eye mutations (Diagram: INDO 20-07 189). His work with fruit flies laid the foundation for our understanding of inheritance patterns and genes. Another captivating feature is the sex comb found exclusively on male fruit flies' forelegs (SEM: Fruit fly sex comb). These specialized structures help males attract females during courtship rituals by releasing pheromones into the air. Despite being mere millimeters long, these small creatures hold immense significance in scientific research due to their short lifespan, rapid reproduction, and easily observable genetic traits.