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somehow cause FLYING fruit flies to come around? I've noticed a few flying around, and I'm going to get blamed for it (I have Hydei and some small flightless fruit flies)

Thanks!
Kristen
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Fly? I didn't catch the end of your question, but if you're having flies flying around, it shouldn't have started with your flightless flies. I've read somewhere that if flightless flies breed with regular fruit flies then they (offspring) will all fly. The main reason I've ever had small flies (gnats) in and around my in-house cages was because they came from the dirt and plants back in the day when it was ok to have a full 4" deep potting soil substrate (I had chams long before I ever read anything about them). I used to keep it all pretty moist and I always had a problem with gnats. But since you've now got those TOP QUALITY flies, it's probably coming from a plant or two somewhere.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV

Actually, flightless fruit flies can reverse-mutate back into their flying state over time (if you have the vestigial winged morph). Your best bet with fruit flies is to get the wingless form, even the shriveled winged type can reverse-mutate, unfortunately. If you did have the wingless form, then your cultures have obviously become contaminated by an outside source. Hope this helps, Randy
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Randy