Fruit Fly

Fruit fly may refer to several organisms:

  • Tephritidae, a family of large, colorfully marked flies including agricultural pests
    • Vidalia (fruit fly), a genus
  • Drosophilidae, a family of smaller flies, including:
    • Drosophila, the genus of small fruit flies and vinegar flies
    • Drosophila melanogaster or common fruit fly, an important model organism in modern biology
    • Drosophila suzukii or Asian fruit fly, native to southeast Asia and an invasive species in North America
  • Bactrocera oleae or Olive fruit fly, native to the Eastern Hemisphere and an invasive species in North America

Fruit fly may also refer to:

  • Fruit Fly (film), 2009 film directed by H. P. Mendoza
  • LGBT slang with a meaning similar to fag hag

Famous quotes containing the words fruit and/or fly:

    “‘Tis no sin love’s fruit to steal;
    But the sweet theft to reveal,
    To be taken, to be seen,
    These have crimes accounted been.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “Love wing’d my Hopes and taught me how to fly”
    —Unknown. Love Winged My Hopes and Taught Me How to Fly (l. 1)