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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...
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Maggots Can “Taste” Texture—And That’s Why They Prefer Rotting Food
The researchers placed maggots on a surface with both fresh and rotten fruit ... has 200 million neurons. A fruit fly, by ...
Crunchy or Mushy? Maggots Have a Secret Way to Taste Texture
Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
In a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers found that when it comes to food preferences, texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and ...