- too small to be hit with a flyswatter.
- official name: drosophila melanogaster which is greek for black bellied dew lover
- fully grown in a week
- "females become receptive to courting males at about 8-12 hours after emergence" - omg - and that's without alcohol!
- their wings beat 220 times - per second.
it's true. wikipedia told me so.
bob on!