• @hperrin
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    3 months ago

    They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.

    But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.

    • @Welt@lazysoci.al
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      -13 months ago

      They’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.