Olive fruit fly
The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae, Dacus oleae) is a species of fruit fly which belongs to the Dacinae subfamily. It is a phytophagous species, whose larvae feed on the fruit of olive trees, hence the common name. It is considered a serious pest in the cultivation of olives.
Until 1998, the fly had not been detected in the United States, and its range coincided with the range of the olive tree in the Eastern Hemisphere: northern, eastern and southern Africa, Southern Europe, Canary Islands, India, and western Asia. In the Western Hemisphere, it is currently restricted to California. The olive fruit fly was first detected in North America infesting olive fruits on landscape trees in Los Angeles County in November 1998. It can now be found throughout the state. Its likely source of importation was from France.
The olive fruit fly received notoriety in the US in 2009 when funding for research designed to prevent infestation sponsored by Representative Mike Thompson received public attention as alleged federal pork barrel spending from persons who failed to understand its agricultural purpose.
Fruit fly
Fruit fly may refer to several organisms:
- Bactrocera oleae or olive fruit fly, native to the Eastern Hemisphere and an invasive species in North America
- Bactrocera tryoni or Queensland fruit fly, an invasive pest species in Australia
- Bactrocera cucurbitae or melon fly, agricultural pest in Asian countries
- Vidalia (fruit fly), a genus
- Drosophila, the genus of small fruit flies and vinegar flies
- Drosophila melanogaster or common fruit fly, an important model organism in modern biology
- Drosophila suzukii or Asian fruit fly, native to southeast Asia and an invasive species in North America
Fruit Fly (film)
Fruit Fly is a 2009 musical film with gay and Asian-American themes, directed by H.P. Mendoza, who wrote the screenplay for Colma The Musical (2007). The film, made entirely in San Francisco, premiered on March 15, 2009 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. It had a limited one-week run in New York on September 24, 2010.
Plot
Fruit Fly is a musical comedy about Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist finding home in the unlikeliest places. She moves into an artist commune in an attempt to workshop her latest piece which deals with finding her lunch. In the process, she finds an artistic family, clues of her lunch’s whereabouts, and the startling possibility that she just might be a fag-hag.
Subplots include her relationship with her roommates in the artist commune, and their relationships with each other.
Cast
Podcasts:
Fruit Fly
by: Seven Against Thebesall alone in your room
i feel your heat
the time is soon
i watched you sleep a little while
i tasted your fruit
and cramped your style
though you try to rid of me
it's just no good
can't you see
what's inside thee
sanctifies me
i'm such a slave to the smell
that gives me wings straight to hell
now that we know just what we are
without a word without a sound
into these eyes i disagree
if i were you locked inside me
you razed the wall i knocked it down
i am the lost you are the found
i found the key to get inside
you are no longer sanctified
it's inside of me
like that fly you just can't flee
i'm that fly you just can't flee
i shed my skin and washed my hands
but for you i'll take
one last stand
what's inside thee
sanctifies me
no matter what the future holds
i'm bugging you forever till you grow old
now that we know just what we are
without a word without a sound
into these eyes i disagree
if i were you locked inside me
you razed the wall i knocked it down
i am the lost you are the found
i found the key to get inside
you are no longer sanctified
it's inside of me
like that fly you just can't flee
i'm that fly you just can't flee
you razed the wall i knocked it down
i am the lost you are the found
i found the key to get inside