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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year agoThey’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit. But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo why are you called “tramp-ass human”?
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoThey’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
So why are you called “tramp-ass human”?
They’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.