How Drosophila enhydrobia Evolved Into a Bloodthirsty Underwater Fruit Fly Hunter
Nature World News | 09.05.2026 16:47
Most people associate fruit flies with kitchens, garbage bins, or bowls of overripe bananas. Scientists, however, recently highlighted a species that completely overturns that familiar image. Known as Drosophila enhydrobia, this rare underwater fruit flyevolved into a predator capable of hunting beneath the surface of flowing streams. Researchers say the insect's unusual lifestyle makes it one of the strangest members of the fruit fly family ever studied.
