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Focus On Nature[TM].(drosophila life development and behavior)(Brief article)
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The eggs hatched. Hundreds of little babies. As these energetic larval babies feed on decaying native trees such as koa, alani, 'olapa and 'oha they outgrow their confining skins. Several molts and several days later they transform into agile, quarter-inch adult flies (up to five times larger than their mainland cousins). Life for the PICTURE-WINGED DROSOPHILA is experienced in only a couple of weeks. "Leks", or breeding territories, are set up by the males who head-butt and wing-wrestle with each other while waiting for ...
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