This Freaky Fruit Fly Lays Eggs in Your Strawberries | Deep Look
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- The spotted wing drosophila may look like a common fruit fly, but it’s so much worse. Just as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are ripening in the field, this fly saws into them and lays her eggs inside. The growing maggots turn the fruit into a mushy mess. Could a wasp and its own hungry maggots save the day?
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To cut into fruit and lay their eggs, female spotted wing drosophila flies use a long tool at the back of their bodies. This ovipositor has two rows of teeth that they dig into firm fruit while it’s still on the bush. The maggots that grow from the eggs ruin the fruit so that it never makes it to market.
In comparison, the common fruit fly milling about in your kitchen has a smoother, shorter ovipositor with which it can only dig into rotting fruit, like the bananas you didn’t get to.
Spotted wing drosophila are originally from East Asia and have spread around the world, helped in part by their ability to survive through a cold winter. To protect their crops, growers have to spray insecticides to kill them.
That’s why scientists are introducing a less toxic option, a parasitic wasp called Ganaspis brasiliensis, which is also from Asia. Females of this wasp lay their eggs inside the maggots of a spotted wing drosophila. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently approved the release of the wasp in the United States. Scientists are now planning large releases in California and other affected areas around the country this summer, said University of California, Berkeley, entomologist Kent Daane, who studies the insect.
--- What do spotted wing drosophila look like?
They get their name from the black spot near the tip of each of the male’s wings. Otherwise, they look fairly similar to the common fruit fly.
--- What crops do spotted wing drosophila impact?
In addition to strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries, they also infest cherries and stone fruits. They’re a pest of wine grapes in places like Switzerland, though not in California.
--- How do organic berry farmers control spotted wing drosophila?
They apply pesticides approved for use in organic farming, such as spinosad, a natural substance produced by a soil bacterium. They also try to keep the flies away from their crops in the first place. For example, they cut down vegetation growing near their fields, such as invasive Himalayan blackberry plants where the flies like to live when they’re not feeding on ripening crops.
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So when I eat a strawberry I could be eating a fruit fly egg, larvae or even a wasp egg inside of it, and possibly all at the same time? Now that is a balanced diet.
Extra protein
Not really. As said, these ones don't reach the market.
@@zigmazero2879 even if it do.they will say its not
@@zigmazero2879 chances of having 'normal' fruit flies is high.
😂
Fascinating how the wasps can pinpoint where exactly the maggots are buried. Deep Look and Kurzgesagt are both my favorite channels in terms of knowledge! Usually uploads simultaneously, too.
Kurzgesagt is one of our favorite channels too!
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@@kr_zzzy i need it
As someone who is terrified by maggots of all sorts... knowing they are literally inside the food itself makes me want to die =)
You probably don't know about "botfly"yet=)
kinda sad that people hate wasps in general just because the big, scary ones sting you if you get in their way (but love bees because they’re apparently “less rude”), when they’re also really helpful for keeping pest populations in check and some don’t even want to fight you
I don’t hate wasps, but see why people do. I had one chase me and it kept trying to eat my lasagna I packed for lunch. Never had that happen before. I moved seats multiple times yet it would find me and wouldn’t stop. It was really beautiful though.
It's interesting, I have a patch of raspberries in my yard that has been producing large amounts of berries for nearly 10 years now (like, 6+ cups of berries every two days for two weeks at peak production). Only one year have we had a spotted fruit fly problem that was so bad we had to throw out all the berries. There's always a few larva here and there (we dub this an 'acceptable number of insect parts'), but we've never introduced an additional specialist parasite. What we have done is cultivate a lush native plant garden that attracts all sorts of native predators; wasps, spiders, even hummingbirds will eat small flies. We never use any sort of pesticide (most also kill the predator/pollinator insects!). Of course, it's different for a farm with rows and rows of berries, but I have to wonder if hedgerows of native habitat could reduce pesticide use even more.
Exactly, monocultures are breeding grounds for pests and disease. Poly cultures increase biodiversity which increases adversity for animals, which in turn means a balanced ecosystem of prey and predators, net increasing yield.
Are there plants that deter fruitflies, like how marigolds are supposed to gross out mosquitoes?
@@nunyabiznes33 lavender and peppermint are things flies aren’t fans of :)
It always seems that the solution for all one's problems is to use native species/let nature do its thing for everything but so frustratingly few people do it.
I wish this knowledge was more public in knowledge. I learned quite a bit in this thread. Thank yall.
i love parasitoid wasps. their life cycles are so terrifying and interesting at the same time, truly beautiful
Alien vibes
Ya i dont care for the ones that attack caterpillars n frogs..cicadas n cockroaches n other annoying pests they take care off like the one who uses the oak tree thats already got alil grub growin in..ect there interesting to a point!
@@user-dk5vj2br1o Fortunately none go for frogs. But there is this beetle that will hunt frogs and even sometimes let itself get eaten where the frog then vomits it out so the beetle can turn the tables. Its as if this singular animal was tasked to perform vengeance for all the world's insects that get eaten by frogs.
until they can infest human
@@thanakritk.2668 ya ok..clearly you don't know what ur talkin about or know the difference between "reg."parasites and a parasitoids...cuz if u did then ud know esp.with this video thats hardly likely!A.)a parasite is an organism that can live in or on its host, that benefits by consuming nutrients ect. At host expense,that "usually" resultin with host dying...B.) A parasitoid is an organism that lives in or on its host..typically other insects (-a few beetles..)whose larvae lives as parasites that eventually n always kills its host! But maybe youll become that lucky one whose face gets eaten!smh!flesh eaters!
Humanity with wasps:
*Perhaps i treated you too harshly...*
Me: "going for fruit diet"
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When you realised washing the fruits doesn't eliminate the eggs inside the fruits
Sorry not sorry
Poor eggs just dissolved by the powerful scary hydrochloric acid.
Makes me never wanna eat fruit again, but oh well they’re just so tasty
Just carefully examine the entire fruit with a microscope before eating.
@@archive2500 Yep it a lethal instant ded to those eggs. 😀
The fact that the entirety of the mass of the fly pupae gets turned into wasp is fascinating. DNA and evolution are absolutely incredible. For that energy to go from sunlight, nutrients and water in the ground, to blueberry flesh, to fly larvae, to wasp - chitin and all. So weird!
That isn't what happens. The wasp egg waits for the fly larvae to pupate, then hatches and eats the larvae whole. It then uses its hijacked pupae shell to grow into an adult wasp. It isn't turning into a wasp from a fly larvae, it's eating it and hijacking the casing
@@jamesduncan6729 I mean, the energy and ultimately the atoms the wasp needed to grow came from the maggot
@@mostlyokay I see what you're saying. Maybe I misunderstood, I just read it that he described it as the whole fly larvae becoming a wasp, like it grew into a wasp
@@jamesduncan6729 It's definitely a possible interpretation, but OP explicitly said "the mass of the fly pupa" gets turned into a wasp, not "the gly pupa" turns into one. And then they went on to describe the path the energy took from the sun to the wasp - I don't think they were suggesting part of the sun literally turned into a wasp either.
@@mostlyokay this is what i meant, yeah. I find it so interesting the ability of an organism to entirely reorganize matter and energy into its structure and to see it happen in such a relatively closed environment really drives home how much "recycling" of matter and energy takes place. And then the wasp is already mature and able to fly away shortly after! It's just so amazing to me.
The quality of these videos is incredible! I feel privileged to be able to watch this. Tank you for your work!
I wonder how many maggots we've actually eaten over time
Scientists: _I used the nightmares to destroy the nightmares._
I couldn't imagine how many of those I've eaten from child, teen to adulthood 😳
Bro just cause it's not mushy doesn't mean you don't eat the egg you probably eaten thousands of eggs you just never notice it cause your stomach resolved the eggs before they hatch
@Random steel except fruits turn mushy after a while regardless. you could be eating one with a fresh egg that didnt have the time yet to ruin the fruit. and you likely already have
Hey, it’s extra protein!
Wait a couple days a huge fly will emerge from your body that's been devouring your inside for years.
You haven’t die from it and didn’t get sick from it, so eating those eggs is okay. See it as extra protein indeed. Soak your fruits in water with salt if you really wanna kill them living beings in your fruit.
i feel like the introduction of "the natural enemy" of any invasive pest has almost always back fired.
It will kill the native fruit flies. I'd rather cultivate a plant that attracts predators
I do love how important drosophila are on genetic research, also researchers are able to manipulate the drosophila moods by introducing different things.. I recommend everyone to see the studies they do with drosophila (I would hate them otherwise)
This is hardcore horror for the fruit fly, and I'm here for it!
Are the researchers sure that the wasp will not ruin some other endemic creatures well being? I sometimes worry about that. It's happened more than once. I love this channel, we always learn so much!!! ☺️
Then we bring the wasp's natural predator and so on and so forth.
Basically invasive species after invasive species until they're large enough to be exterminated like rabbits in Australia.
Each parasitic wasp species generally has a single target. Agriculture is what kills most insects. Mainly due to habitat loss. Mono cultures make it so that the insects lose their food sources, many insects are very specialized. And those who can eat what we grow, we kill with insecticides and while doing so kill everything else that is still around.
For the last few decades, invasive species have become a serious problem, especially insects. If invasive pests infest our produce, scientists will often use biological control, primarily predators from the pests native ecosystem. This process has become more refined over the years, as lots of testing with various species are required to find the best fit for the role. These tests can take many years to reach a result. That's why the narrator stated that the parasitic wasp primarily attacks it's native prey, along with other fruit flies occasionally. It's not perfect, but it's most likely the closest we'll get to it. The best thing we can do, is prevent invasive species from becoming established in the first place.
Parasitoid wasps tend to be far more picky than other animals, but i still worry about things like that too.
Boy do I love wasps! They also sometimes catch flies and mosquitos in the flight and sever them!
i've probably have eaten tons of those maggots since as a child i used to take fruits from the mother plant and eat it in the spot. i mean, it's not a big deal if it's not infested, i'm sure the stomach can easily dissolve it
Sorry for very late reply but, the maggots can live in the stomach
Before you stop eating strawberries, you might be in luck depending on where you live: Drosophila suzukii doesn't survive outside temperatures below -3 degrees Celsius. So unless it was just imported that same summer, if you live in a region that has proper winters, your strawberries should be fine.
How many strawberries are growing in places that reach -3 celsius?
@@nicholassawyer5320 super russian strawberries??? uhhh martian strawberries
@@nicholassawyer5320 OP is saying that adult flies wouldn't be able to survive a cold winter and therefore wouldn't be around to lay eggs during growing season.
Good to know
When you learn much more from a 4-minute video than in class 🤦♂️
I love it I can learn more in an hour here than I ever could in 100 hours at school .
A class in high school can only learn you some stuff, not all because there is so much knowledge out there. That’s why you need to choose a major when graduating high school in order to learn what you want to learn in college. When studying biology at college, you’ll learn about this. When studying history, you won’t.
When you dont pay attention in class
@@truehappiness4U it’s not about what you’re learning it’s about how the information is presented in such a packeted yet informing and entertaining way. If all teachers could have the quality in their teaching that this channel puts into their videos every kid would have an A+. I watched the video a month ago and it’s still fairly fresh.
I have no class 🥁
Thanks for the video, I've had trouble relating to my roommates and this look into their culture really helped break the ice, appreciate it! 👍
Good thing I don't eat strawberries cause we don't have _😂😂_
The one time I actually appreciate the presence of a wasp.
i accidentally clicked on this and im supposed to be eating…
Good luck eating.
I'll be eating now.
@@fahm8097 lol
There are no accidents.
-Master Oogway
Same
With extra protein!
I have never loved and hated wasps this much at the same time... 😨
I’m not sure how to feel about eating blueberries and strawberries anymore…
The sudden "It's a boy!" cracked me up
Can you do a video on leaf miner flies? I see them on my sunflowers and they suck the plant under the leaf, leaving spots behind. Sometimes I see very small parasitic wasps searching for their larvae with their antenna.
Hi SaikaVA, we have done an episode on leaf miners, here you go! th-cam.com/video/QtbjUB4AnLI/w-d-xo.html
I’m really impressed how I always get to learn watching Deep Look videos.
I love how the answer to all insect pests is parasitic wasps. Aphid problem ? Wasps. Fly problem ? Wasps. Grub problem ? Wasps. Wasp problem ? I dunno, probably more wasps is the answer.
I can never see strawberries the same way any more
Yeah same 😭 I'm going to be so paranoid
No worry. Your stomach acid can kill the maggot. Extra amino acids 😆😅😂🤣
@@daisuke910 omg 😂
One time, I actually accidentally ate a maggot…..T-T
@@tiger_844 dont worry its not dirty at all fly only eat fruits..you need dirty food also extra immunity
Those pesky fruit flies, ruining our delicious fruits. Thanks to those wasps 🤣🤣. At least fewer pesticides would be used. Keep up the amazing content Deep look 🙌🏼💯😁
Will do RJ!
no wonder fruit flies always happen to come from nowhere indoors when fruits are stored openly
love how excited the narration sounds
Hey it certainly increases the overall protein content of the berry
Depends on how much of the berry becomes the maggot...
@@ellipsis4549 indeed my friend
Won't the pesticide used for the other 50% also harm the wasps?
They would release wasps in areas of non-crop land where the spotted winged drosophila inhabits to hopefully prevent them from reaching the crop in the first place. Then insecticides sprayed are a second defense.
currently the wasps are only in labs, i assume they wouldn't use pesticides (that would harm these) once they release them in the fields.
or, the pesticides would kill them after they've hatched and have already done the job.
It can, but you could just rely on methods other than pesticides, just having a healthy population of fly predators around is often enough to completely replace the pesticide half. Unfortunately, most commercial farms would rather stick to the pesticide method because in order to do the other thing, they'd need to completely renovate their farm and practice new farming methods, their own faults for growing hundreds of rows of the same plant.
Yes, eventually it will also harm the wasp.
"They ruin blueberries..."
She says that and the fly is on screen like:
"That's right. What are you gonna do about it?"
Annoying bugs : **Exist**
Wasp : So... you choose death?
Ooh, you should do an episode about the role of wasp eggs in figs next! It's a nasty mental image but results in some tasty fruit!
It is indeed true that if you are eating a fig, there is likely a wasp carcass inside. A near microscopic one, though.
I think gross science did a video like this before.
Most commercial figs don't need wasps. The ones from the supermarket are grown without.
@@KQEDDeepLook I always thought that the flower digested the wasp carcasses into nutrients for when it fruits. The wasps aren't entering it during the fruit stage, and even though it's an accessory fruit (just a piece of modified flower tissue), it still goes through a lot of changes from flower to fruit, this gives plenty of time for the wasp body to be broken down into base components. So it's less like eating a wasp carcass and more like eating a fruit that is partially composed of wasp.
Pray for the people eating berries while watching this 🤧
i think this is the first time i've ever liked a wasp.
At first I liked the idea of introducing natural predators to deal with pests but there are a lot of examples of the predators becoming an even worse invasive species.
I clicked on this because I have been dealing with some fruit flies this last week, but I guess those were the "common" variety.
Now you're telling me that there's a slim chance my strawberries could have dead flies inside them (specifically talking about the pupas that don't make it, not necessarily those killed by the wasps)? Oh, boy, I could've lived on without knowing that :'(
this channel never fails to blow my mind with each video
Thanks so much, Rita - what are some of your favorite episodes? I'll put some links here for everyone. :-) #inspo
Amazing insights. Makes me respect the amount of hard works and dedication farmers has. I mean I respect them already, but this is an eye opener for me. How these parasites fly around and ruin farmers' fruits really bugs me.
“It ruins blue berries”
“Yeah i have flys in my tummy”
Amazing video, y’all are really making incredible content for FREE
Man this is really something... I love this channel! Thank you 😊💕
Aren’t us humans so original when it comes to naming bugs? 🤣
This teach was fantastic !!! So glad I happened upon this site. I’m already addicted 🎉😎😉.
This is why i love pesticides
Can’t believe we’re getting such good videos for free! Thank you for your efforts DeepLook ❤️
These videos isn't free
@@rplanet_ua But they are free (for us). Deep Look gets ad revenue from TH-cam but it's no cost to us, except for a little bit of our time. Totally worth it.
"Never make it market"
Such soothing words! I was about to give up fruit
I Missed 10 Seconds Ago
*When I Didn't Know These Fruit Flies Do That*
Thank you for another magnificent video Deep Look!
Any time!
When you realize it’s less freaky if we just use a predator to replace the insecticides.
lovely bgm and sound design, as always!
Meanwhile in the fruit fly world: 'This freaky primate eats the your eggs along with the strawberries you laid them on'
Just a tip everyone, Please wash your fruits before you eat them with Cold water and a good amount of salt to help kill the eggs and clean off the debris 😄
Also be sure to rinse it off at the end so you're not tasting salty fruits 😅
I have tried this and it just turns my fruit soft, therefore making them go bad quicker. 😢
I love when foreign species are introduced into balanced ecospheres. I sure hope we don’t reap irreversible consequences
Not sure a strawberry field is a balanced ecosystem, per se.
@@KQEDDeepLook No, but I think the point is that the wasps will expand beyond just the fields. We’ve seen unintended consequences for introduced species over and over.
@@KQEDDeepLook I’m thinking on the scale of kudzu or fire ants. The kind of species that’s so invasive or minuscule that the changes are irreversible. Like that other guy said, they WILL expand past the fields.
@@kyleegan2830 Its a parasite species. They dont spread without suitable hosts.
@@kyleegan2830 That used to be a problem, but nowadays they try to test their potential impact thoroughly, exposing them to native species in labs, and seeing how they behave in the conditions of their new potential home. If they pass (don't start infesting the wrong species) then they will be released. It's also much easier to do this with parasitoid wasps, because they can be so picky.
So... this is a horror story, but under a microscope.
Soap, water and cider vinegar 1/4 inch deep in a little cup for fruit flies to fall into. It works very well.
Yes! Just in the nick of time! I happen to have a moment to learn something new. 😃
Edit: I need to share this with my family. Its cool since we are making summer time drinks and eating fruit now more than ever. 😆
Please do!
Lol
Amazing presentation and video
Fruit fly : *Lays Egg inside of a fruit*
The wasp : we have come for your pupua
I love, love, love Deep Look. Buuuuuuuuut I didn't need to know this. Now, I'm side-eyeing my blueberries. 😒😒😒😩😩😩🤣🤣🤣
I WASN'T LYING WHEN I SAID SOAK YOUR STRAWBERRIES IN SALT WATER AND WATCH TEENY TINY WORMS CRAWL OUT!!!
This is the only time I’m Team Wasp
"It never makes it to market". The sigh of relief I let out as that phrase was uttered.
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Thanks for the video -- I understand that it's short, but some discussion of the potential perils of introducing foreign species as a control for an agricultural pest would seem in order, given the history, just for the sake of general awareness.
We did bring this up in terms of the findings around host specificity. But indeed there are risks, which are being tested.
This seems like a terrible idea tbh
I think so too.
The gratuitous but oh so fun addition of the "nom, nom" writing during the wasp larvae's growth animation hit that sweet spot of edutainment! Thank you :D
"It's a boy!" - my favorite part of the video!
A parasite for a parasite. I love it! 🐝
fruit flies are not parasites. They are just pests.
@@maythesciencebewithyou They are both. The definition of parasite is "an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense". The spotted wing drosophilia lays eggs on the fruit of its host before they are even fully ripe, sharply decreasing the chances of any seeds being able to get distributed anywhere else.
Wait... eggs and pupae breath?!
This surprised me way more than it should've honestly
Yep - they need oxygen for growth and transformation.
Ah yes, Bugsnax.
Great idea. Introducing new species as pest control has never gone wrong before.
Now I get the feeling I've probably eaten a fly or a wasp or two in my life 🤢
extra protein
Reminds me how spider flies have the bad luck of living in spider hosts that later get preyed on by spider wasps
There is a predatory wasp for just about every little living thing. Sheesh.
Love this channel
I wish they sold strawberries specifically with these eggs. A tasty fruit with a high protein content? Sign me up!
Too efficient... or genius? 🤣
You could achieve a similar nutritional result with common fruit flies in your kitchen. Let us know how it goes!
In other words, no one is vegan.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They say time flies like an arrow...and fruit flies like a banana 😂
Everyone gangsta until there is no larvae for wasp to lay their eggs and uses human instead
Interesting that the fly's eggs need to breath. I wonder if that is normal for other fly species as well?
Guess I won't eat my strawberries that I got now oh gee..
Best to clean your fruits with cold water with salt, It kills the eggs and cleans off debris
Entering an enemy's body without you even knowing until they've devoured you from the inside... is so metal.
This explains why my cholesterol is so high I've been eating more eggs than normal.
Thank you for ruining fruit for me XD jk!! Love the videos as always
Glad you like them!
Oh my I’m early!
too early
No, you're on time.
Laying your eggs into someone else's eggs.
That is hilariously brutal.
Yes! I love videos about fruit flies.
Deep look my friend watched you at school for a research project today
I told him i watch you because you guys are full of info, and he used you to look up axolotls for the project
You guys are so good❤
That's why there is a maggot inside the rotten fruit, I've been wondering how they got inside there. But now my question is answered. Thanks to you!
The way you said “It’s a boy!” As the wasp emerged from the empty maggot casing creeped me the fluff out.
so you end up with a wasp problem instead of a fly problem, smart solution
My thoughts as well