question do fruit flies really like fruit? if not what food do they like best?
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Do fruit flies
really like fruit?
Question Do fruit flies really like fruit? If not
what food do they like best?
My hypothesis….. They will prefer any sweet smelling
thing I put in there.
VariablesIndependent V.: Type of food Dependent V.: Number of fruit flies on food
What I used for this experiment
Assortment of food Glass tank Fruit flies Patience
Procedure I waited for the flies to reproduce so I
would have plenty of test subjects. Then I put about 40 in the glass tank along with 4 specimens of food in each corner. The flies I put in the center each time.
Project 1:•Food Avg.: Lemon 8 Apple 2 Grape 2 Banana 9
Project 2:
Food Avg.: Butter 1 Cheese 3 Bread 4 Oreo 2
Project 3:
Food Avg.: Honey 1 Frosting 1 Peanut Butter 3 Onion 3
Project 4:•Food Avg.: Jam 2 Guinea Pig Food 3 Bologna 2 Carrot 3
Project 5:Food Avg.: Strawberry 5 Pineapple 4 Cantaloupe 10 Watermelon 26
Project 6:•Food Avg.(powders): Sugar 1 Milk 1 Potato 8 Fruit Fly Formula 5
Project 7:•Food Avg.: Soap 9(some dead) Perfume 1 Lotion 3 Pam spray 1
Project 1: Lemon, Banana, grapes, apple
Project 1
Lemon: Apple: Grape: Banana:0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Project 2: Oreo, Bread, butter, cheese
Project 2
Butter: Cheese: Bread: Oreo:0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
Project 3: Honey, Frosting, Onion, Peanut Butter
Project 3
Honey: Frosting: Peanut Butter: Onion:0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Project 4: jam, guinea food, carrot, bologna
Guinea Pig
Project 4
Jam: Guinea Pig Food: Meat: Carrot: 0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Project 5: strawberry, cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon
Project 5
Strawberry: Cantaloupe: Pinneapple: Watermelon:0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Project 6 (powders): sugar, milk, potato, fruit fly formula
Project 6
Sugar: Milk: Potato: Fruit Fly food: 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Project 7: lotion, soap, perfume, lotion
The other two are invisible
Project 7
Soap: Perfume: Lotion: Pamspray0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final Data
Soap
:
Perfu
me:
Lotio
n:
Pam
spra
y
Suga
r:
Milk:
Pota
to:
Frui
t Fly
food
:
Stra
wberry
:
Canta
loup
e:
Pinn
eapp
le:
Wat
erm
elon
:Ja
m:
Guine
a Pi
g Fo
od:
Meat:
Carro
t:
Honey
:
Fros
ting:
Pean
ut B
utte
r:
Onion
:
Butte
r:
Chees
e:
Bread
:
Oreo:
Lem
on:
Apple
:
Grape
:
Banan
a:0
5
10
15
20
25
30
My conclusion:
Fruit flies do like fruit more than any other food.
Their favorite fruit Is Watermelon.
Fruit Flies New Name!
WATERMELON FLIES!!!