Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival

Male fruit flies reared in a lab are extra profitable at mating after an encounter with a robotic dummy designed to appear like a rival male. The discovering may increase efforts to manage populations of the flies, that are a significant crop pest.

The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) is without doubt one of the most damaging fruit pests on the earth, discovered on each continent besides Antarctica. There have been varied makes an attempt to rein it in by releasing massive numbers of …