Fruit fly (drosophila melanogaster) courtship

[carolinacatastrophex]

You need to anesthetize the fruit-flies so that you can view their undersides (this is how you tell makes and female apart) clearly and then separate your males and females, however be careful if you separate your males and females they will not be able to reproduce and they will of course eventually die

[mhaiii]

now my problem is how to identify male and female fruifly, separate them from the others nd transfer them to another container??....please help...

[emkesslerkc]

Did you purchase the courtship container or make it? Either way I would appreciate reference or more info. Do you have greater success in making such observations if the female is a virgin and early in the morning?

[phatman808]

Just watching my apterous flies, they have a similar behavior with the shuffling back and forth, with pauses for wing vibrations and everything, but lack the wings to make any noise with.

I added three wild flies to see what would happen, and the two wild males beat up the smaller apterous males, although the single wild female allows the smaller apterous males to mate with her.

[TonyNashville]

I just brought pineapple into my room , and EEEEEEEEEWW , now they are EVERYWHERE.

I threw out the fruit, and they are eating my SARDINES and ME......Help

How can i get rid of them.

WHERE THE HELL DID THEY EVEN COME From....my room is locked up tighter than a whales butt......no FLIES were even NEAR here.

Now...I wake up with them crawling in my nose and MOUTH...YUCK

HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!! please.

[dominickkk5]

I watched my culture of Drosophila for an hour straight waiting for this, and nothing.

Thank God for YouTube.

[rmccue873]

You know, considering how short thier lifespan is, 20 minutes of copulation is actually a pretty good chunk of time... lol

[RawrItsOllie]

I have a culture of them, but unfortunately they serve as food for my mantids ahehe.

[eruedi]

Good use for em! Watch them for their courtship behavior the next time you get bored. :-)

[romanovalpo]

D. melanogaster is not fruit fly.

that fly is different. is not a plague

[eruedi]

It is commonly referred to as "fruit fly" in the scientific community, but it actually eats the yeast from rotting fruit, not the fruit itself.

[couchebag]

I'm quite certain male fly was playing Barry White with his wings."bzzz" "Can't get enough of your love babe..." "bzzz" "bzzz"

[pekealesita]

i'm the 8000th watch.

and i work with drosophila melanogaster.

i deserve a prize (?)

[eruedi]

You are right! Your prize is this thumbs up. :-)

[hofsoccerdude]

we had to watch this in class

[serenity1806]

We watched this in class. So funny

[ApplesTube]

i used to record these with sound too, and then analyze them for days until i wanted to die

[eruedi]

For some reason I *still* haven't gotten sick of this, even after 7 years.

[Ataraxia27]

That male is definitely a back-attacker :)

[eruedi]

Hahaha, very true.

[TrojanMan796]

amen to tretre

[tretre099]

really helpful--saved me on my bio lab!