[phantomworker]

Were those fruit fly studies in high school biology?

The question is: when you set out rotten fruit in a seemingly sealed room how do the fruit flies get there?

Do the fruit flies appear because they are attracted to the rotten fruit or do the fruit fly eggs live in rotten fruit and just hatch: spontaneous eruption?

[nicmarlo]

do the fruit fly eggs live in rotten fruit and just hatch:

That's a highly likely possibility, of course.

[PatrickHenry]

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[restornu]

My guess is some how maggots form from rotten food and some come by fly eggs which it could be attached to the fruits you buy and not be aware of it!

[Lakeshark]

And here I thought I was the new species........