Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sweet trigger caused the simulation to send signals that would extend the proboscis, and the bitter one didn’t. Further study showed that the computer model was more than 90 percent accurate in predicting how a real fly’s brain would respond.
Almost all insects do, it’s a mating thing
How do we know this? Are there fruit fly song recordings?
We’re working on getting a microphone that small, so they aren’t intimidated and will allow themselves to be recorded.