fruit fly
noun
: any of various small dipteran flies (such as a drosophila) whose larvae feed on fruit or decaying vegetable matter
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The cherry fruit flies are known to cause damage and rot that renders the fruit unmarketable.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 26 July 2025
Keeping your bananas fresh for longer and avoiding that swarm of fruit flies that comes when your produce has turned?
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 July 2025
Mexico is renovating its sterile fruit fly facility in Metapa, expected to produce 60 million to 100 million sterile flies weekly by July 2026.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Enclose papaya fruits in paper bags, newspaper or stockings to prevent fruit fly damage. .
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 26 July 2025
Keeping your bananas fresh for longer and avoiding that swarm of fruit flies that comes when your produce has turned?
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 22 July 2025
Mexico is renovating its sterile fruit fly facility in Metapa, expected to produce 60 million to 100 million sterile flies weekly by July 2026.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Enclose papaya fruits in paper bags, newspaper or stockings to prevent fruit fly damage. .
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
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“Fruit fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fruit%20fly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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