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Drosophila
Fruit Fly
Species: melanogaster
Genus: Drosophila
Family: Drosophilidae
Order: Diptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
Conditions for Customer Ownership
We are a USDA compliant facility and hold all necessary permits to transport our
organisms. Each state is assisted by the USDA to determine which organisms can
be transported across state lines. Some organisms may require end-user permits.
Please contact your local regulatory authorities with questions or concerns. To
access permit conditions, click here.
Never purchase living specimens without having a disposition strategy in place. Live specimens should not be
released into the wild! Please dispose of any unwanted organisms using the guidelines below.
Primary Hazard Considerations
Always wash your hands thoroughly before and after you handle your Drosophila, their food, or anything they
have touched.
Availability
Standard strains of Drosophila are available year round as they are lab raised. Drosophila come in vials with a white
piece of netting and Drosophila media for food, and a foam cap. We over-pack each order of Drosophila. It is normal
to have some deceased Drosophila in the container. You will receive at least the quantity of live Drosophila stated on
the container. There should be between 30 and 50 in the container. They can survive in this container for about three
weeks. Drosophila should be kept at room temperature (65 – 75°F).
Drosophila crosses should be ordered 10 days in advance to insure that enough virgin flies are available to make the
crosses. There should be 5 – 10 original parent flies in the vial. The F1 generation (the result of the cross) is in the media
as eggs and larvae. When the larvae are visible, remove both surviving and dead parents to avoid counting them as
part of the F1 generation.
Standard Drosophila crosses contain the following flies:
Cross Female x Male
Monohybrid A Sepia x Wild
Dihybrid B Vestigial x Sepia
Sex-Linked C White x Wild
