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Scientific Name.....Drosophila Hydei (Giant)/melanogaster (regular)Common Name......Flightless Fruit Fly

Flightless Fruit Fly cultures have a lifespan of about one month. Larvae will continually to pupate from eggs laid by the adults in the culture. The flies have everything they need inside the container they are shipped in, just feed to your animal as needed.

We advise that the customer should never remove all of the flies, a few should be left in the vial for breeders.

To feed your pets just shake out a few flies and feed them to your pet.

The average size of an adult fruit fly is about the size of large pinhead crickets.
Each vial contains 40-50 adult flies with medium; they should be stored at room temperature and kept out of direct sunlight.

Regular fruit flies are about 1/16"
Giant fruit flies are about 1/8"