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Fruit Flies (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

So why are you called "tramp-ass human"?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks 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.