Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus stacking]

Solvin Zankl / Laboratory culture of Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture Curly (wings turn up) mutant, the mutations are used as genetic markers in gene research, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Mol...

Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus staking]

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist Dr. Anne von Philipsborn sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austri...

Solvin Zankl / Sorting Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture embryos for DNA injection at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria.

Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus stacking]

Heather Angel / Flies (Diptera) feeding on Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) fruit. Riverside Park beside Yangtze River, China.

Doug Wechsler / Vinegar flies / Fruit flies (Drosophila sp.) feeding on fermented sap or alcohol flux, Fort Washington State Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Floris van Breugel / High speed exposure of a Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) taken through a microscope. In this image flight muscles express a genetically engineered protein called GCaMP, which fluoresces green in t...

Floris van Breugel / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) tethered in LED illuminated chamber which stimulates moving visual patterns. Behind the fly is a camera, which is used to record its wing beat amplitude a rough me...

Floris van Breugel / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) tethered to a tungsten pin. Despite not going anywhere, the fly will flap its wings, and respond to visual scenery as if it were in fact moving. This is a common ap...

Jussi Murtosaari / Flies (Brachycera) on leaf, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Fly (Brachycera) on Lily of the Valley berries, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. September

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Fruit fly (Drosophila) Sao Paulo, Brazil. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Tephritid Flies (Terellia tussilaginis) mating on thistle, Lewisham, London, July

Rod Williams / Variegated Fruit Fly (Tephritis bardanae) Lewisham, London, June

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) in flight having just taken-off from strawberry, controlled conditions.

Stephen Dalton / Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) on rotting strawberry, England, UK, August

Stephen Dalton / Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) on rotting strawberry, England, UK, August

Stephen Dalton / Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) on egg-shell, England, UK, August

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) just taken off from melon, controlled conditions.

Nick Upton / Male and female Celery flies (Euleia heraclei) performing zig-zagging courtship dance on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Burdock gall fly (Terellia tussilaginis) female feeding on an Oxeye daisy / Marguerite flower (Leucanthemum vulgare) chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Female Celery fly (Euleia heraclei) sunbasking on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Floris van Breugel / Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) in a fruit bowl. The fly was tethered for this image (tether removed digitally)

Mark Payne-Gill / Hawiian Fruit fly (Drosophila Clavisetae) mating ritual, taken under controlled conditions

Mark Payne-Gill / Hawiian Fruit fly (Drosophila Clavisetae) mating ritual, taken under controlled conditions

Mark Payne-Gill / Hawiian Fruit fly (Drosophila Clavisetae) profile portrait, taken under controlled conditions

Mark Payne-Gill / Hawiian Fruit fly (Drosophila Clavisetae) male mating display, taken under controlled conditions

Rod Williams / Wildtype Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) mating on leaf, South London, UK, October

Nick Upton / Gall fly / Greater fruit fly (Terellia colon) female on flowerbud of host plant, Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), chalk grassland, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Gall fly / Greater fruit fly (Terellia colon) male on flowerbud of host plant, Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), chalk grassland, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Gall fly / Greater fruit fly (Terellia colon) female extending and flexing long ovipositor after mating in preparation for laying eggs in flowerbud of host plant, Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)...

Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus stacking]

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) from laboratory culture, the flies were fed with green and red food for staining purposes, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecula...

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture of flies showing Yellow (yellow pigmentation), Curly (wings curl away from body) and Orange (less red pigmentation in eyes) mutations. T...

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture of flies showing Yellow (yellow pigmentation), Curly (wings curl away from body) and Orange (less red pigmentation in eyes) mutations. T...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Wild Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) on apple, grooming, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria [focus stacking]

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) White type mutant (eyes lack pigmentation and appear white) laboratory culture. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing the Orange mutation (eyes have fewer red pigments than normal) the mutation is used as a genetic marker. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) from laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture Curly (wings turn up) and Orange (eyes are less red) mutant, the mutations are used as genetic markers in gene research, Vienna Drosophila...

Solvin Zankl / Mating behaviour in Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) studied in laboratory for gene research, a Curly (wings turn up) and Orange (less red pigment in the eyes) mutant female rejects the ma...

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture Yellow (yellow body pigmentation) and Curly (wings turn up) mutant, the mutations are used as genetic markers in gene research, Vienna Dro...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Mating behaviour in Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) studied in laboratory for gene research, a Yellow (body pigmentation) Curly (wings turn up) type mutant male mates with a Yellow, Curly...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, pair in courtship, male fly (below) singing to the female during courtship using his wings to generate sound. Vienna Drosophi...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) from laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing the Curly mutation (wings curl away from the body) The mutation is used as a genetic marker. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular P...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, mating pair, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) White type mutant (eyes lack pigmentation and appear white) laboratory culture. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria, October 2010

Solvin Zankl / Using fine electrodes to measure brain activity in Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria.

Solvin Zankl / Dr. Krystyna Keleman and Dr Barry Dickson with drawing of Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), research scientists at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austr...

Solvin Zankl / Laboratory culture of Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture of flies demonstrating various mutations at Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria, September 2010

Solvin Zankl / Common Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing Stubble mutation (hairs are shorter and thicker than wild type) and If mutation (irregular facets, a dominant mutation that results in small eyes wit...

Solvin Zankl / Common Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing Antennapedia mutation (legs instead of antennae growing from the head). The mutation is used as a genetic marker, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Inst...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) in flight, laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Photographer, Solvin Zankl, photographing mating behaviour of laboratory culture of Wild type Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Patho...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) in flight, laboratory culture, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) showing Stubble (hairs shorter and thicker) and Drop (very small eyes) mutations. Mutations used as genetic markers. Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute...

Solvin Zankl / Wild type Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) laboratory culture, female in flight, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria

Solvin Zankl / Common Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) embryos, Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austria, [focus stacking]

Nick Upton / Noon / Noonday fly (Mesembrina meridiana) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) with Blackberry fruits (Rubus fruticosus) in the background. Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Rod Williams / Common Fruit flies / Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) feeding on a pear, UK

Rod Williams / Common Fruit flies / Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) feeding on a pear, UK

Rod Williams / Common Fruit flies / Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) feeding on the stalk of a pear, UK

Nick Upton / Female Gall fly (Terellia colon) with large ovipositor on a host plant Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower bud. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Miles Barton / Wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) on Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca, April The arum attracts insects by producing a carrion-like smell and luring t...

Stephen Dalton / Common house fly (Musca domestica) flying from fruit bowl, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fleshfly (Sarcophaga carnaria) on blackberry, England, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) and fly feeding on fallen apple, England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} flying in front of bunch of bananas, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} feeding on fruit, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} on a banana, cleaning its front legs, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} flying in front of bunch of bananas, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} feeding on plum, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} feeding on fruit, UK

Stephen Dalton / Fruit fly (Drosophila sp) in flight, UK. Small reproduction only.

Nature Production / Fruit fly / Black-bellied Dew-lover {Drosophila melanogaster} normal male with red eyes, Japan

Nature Production / Fruit fly / Black-bellied Dew-lover {Drosophila melanogaster} with white eyes, Japan

Adrian Davies / Hoverfly on Blackberry flower (Volucella sonaria) UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Small Fruit Flies (Drosophila funebris) feeding on tomato in compost heap, UK

Kim Taylor / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} feeding on fruit, UK.

Kim Taylor / Fruit fly {Drosophila sp} UK.

Mark Moffett / Goat Fly (Phytalmia mouldsi) male flies eye to eye as they guard females using oviposters to deposit fertilized eggs, Queensland, Australia

Premaphotos / Greenbottle fly / Blowfly (Lucilia caesar) on a rotting apple, UK