Another advantage of Drosophila is that they are very small and thus, very easy to maintain. Due to their small size and minimal requirements, many Drosophila can be raised and tested within a small laboratory which does not have access time, space or funding. Genetic factors also make this fly an ideal model organism.

This makes fruit flies a very convenient and useful to work with in animal research. These creatures have also helped to develop drugs designed to combat pathogens responsible for a range of diseases from skin infections to pneumonia and meningitis.

1. Fix Your Window Screens. Fruit flies are tiny, which makes it easy for them to enter your home through even the tiniest of openings—particularly ones around your windows.
2. Don’t Store Fruits and Vegetables on Your Countertops.
3. Deep Clean Your Kitchen, Drain, and Trash Cans.
4. Make an Apple Cider Vinegar Trap.

Fruit flies are attracted to the scent of ripened fruits and vegetables, both of which are commonly found in your kitchen. Alcohol and sugary drinks are also on the menu for hungry fruit flies. Those are the most obvious attractants, but non-food items can also draw in fruit flies, especially cleaning supplies.

Mix several drops of citronella, cedarwood and cinnamon in an oil diffuser, this will not only repel fruit flies, but mosquitoes and house flies as well. Take a glass jar and fill it halfway with apple cider, punch holes in the lid and replace it back on the jar. Place the jar near the kitchen sink and wait.

“The fruit fly larva in ear canal is relatively unusual.” To view the disturbing video of the fruit fly larva, see the NEJM study, “An Unusual Auricular Foreign Body.” Get a head start on the morning’s top stories.

Keep Calm. If you feel the panic mounting, don’t worry. If an insect does crawl into your nose or ear, the worst thing that can happen is an infection (rarely, it can spread from the sinuses to the brain).

Yes. Earwigs crawl into our ears. There are documented cases of spiders, fruit fly babies, bed bugs, crickets, moths, and ticks being found in the ear of some very unlucky individuals. Some of these cases even include eggs being laid; however, it is not known whether or not an earwig has ever laid eggs in anyone’s ear.

Takeaway. Tickling, itching, and tingling are all common symptoms that can occur in ears. A tickling feeling in the ear may signal a condition, such as Eustachian tube dysfunction. Rarely, it may also mean that a bug has gotten inside of your ear.

This is a rare occurrence. In most cases, a bug will enter your ear when you’re sleeping while outdoors, like when you’re camping. Otherwise, a bug may fly into your ear while you’re awake, typically while you’re working or running outside. The insect may die while inside your ear.

A foreign object cannot fall out from your ear on its own. It can stay in your ear until you do not remove it or get it removed. Small, inert foreign bodies, such as beads, can stay for 1-2 weeks in your ear without causing any complications. Complications result when you try unsafe methods to deal with the problem.