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The mystery of Fruit Flies
« on: June 14, 2012, 01:06:33 PM »
OK, I'm going nuts on a bit of biology.

I have 2 LCD screens, one at work, and one at home

In both rooms, ONE FRUITFLY is flying around the screen. Never 2, never 0.
If you kill one, then the NEXT DAY, again 1 FRUITFLY hovers around the screen.

Please help me explain this!

Another miracle:
- Regular flies tend to fly circles around lamps. But they also do it around lamp hooks in the ceiling. With the power cut, no lamp hanging, just 2 wires with a screw connector, it still attracts flies like IF THERE WAS a lamp. Nature is a mystery.

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Re: The mystery of Fruit Flies
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2012, 10:17:04 PM »


Another miracle:
- Regular flies tend to fly circles around lamps. But they also do it around lamp hooks in the ceiling. With the power cut, no lamp hanging, just 2 wires with a screw connector, it still attracts flies like IF THERE WAS a lamp. Nature is a mystery.

I believe this is due to 'earlier' flies leaving pheromone traces on the lamps wiring that attracts the 'new' flies - best way to test this would be to totally replace the wiring with fresh stuff and see if it still happens...

Regarding the fruit flies, don't know why that would happen but i remember breeding some real monstrosities in Biology class, wings for eyes and all stuff like that, very odd creatures!!

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Re: The mystery of Fruit Flies
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2012, 10:32:00 PM »
I say your boss should kick your ass as you obvioulsy have too much time on your hands to study flies like this.


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O and remove the rotting banana in your desk drawer  ;D

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Re: The mystery of Fruit Flies
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2012, 11:05:31 PM »
I'm my own boss  ;D

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Re: The mystery of Fruit Flies
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 11:16:34 PM »
Then you need more work ;);)

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Re: The mystery of Fruit Flies
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2012, 11:44:51 AM »
OK, I'm going nuts on a bit of biology.

I have 2 LCD screens, one at work, and one at home

In both rooms, ONE FRUITFLY is flying around the screen. Never 2, never 0.
If you kill one, then the NEXT DAY, again 1 FRUITFLY hovers around the screen.


Héhé, funny i got the same thing at home.
A small kind of fly (dont know if it like fruit..) is stairing at my works. I can see it in photoshop background.
i m sure it live in my lcd as i dont kill it and there is always one.
And just one. ^^
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