Em_Adespoton t1_iueisef wrote
Fruit flies lay eggs in the skins of fruit, including bananas. When the bananas are ripe, that’s the signal for the larvae to eat their fill and molt into flies. Bananas release ethylene gas when they’re ripe, which signals the flies to hatch and eat, as well as signaling other fruit within range to complete the ripening process.
Fruit flies have a very short life cycle, so if you don’t provide anything else for them to lay eggs in, they die off when the original fruit is gone.
A_verylong_username t1_iuek4ty wrote
You missed the memo of elia5
Em_Adespoton t1_iuekrvn wrote
How so? That’s exactly how I explained it to my 5 YOs.
A_verylong_username t1_iuekzer wrote
Oh ok then your 5yo is smarter then me 😅
Obsolete-Prototype t1_iuel7xn wrote
No argument here
samuelgato t1_iuemqhi wrote
You missed rule 4
J_Zephyr t1_iuenlp9 wrote
Fruits have fly eggs on them.
seeegma t1_iueqzhu wrote
this subreddit hasn't been for that for many years. it's just for good explanations. there's no requirement that you use a slick metaphor that kids would understand. it's explained in Rule 4
LynxKuroneko t1_iuenxoh wrote
Fruit fly like banana. Born from banana. When no banana, no fruit fly.
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