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Common Housefly Soars to First Place at Nikon’s Small World
MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2005 — Bristling with sharp, sensitive antennae, bulbous eyes with 4,000 lenses, and a mouth that sucks up food using a bellows-like pump in its head, the common housefly is one of 119,500 known species of fly, and this year’s winning image in Nikon’s Small World competition.
Founded in 1975 to recognize excellence in photography through the microscope, the competition is the leading forum for celebrating the beauty and complexity of objects seen through the light microscope. This year’s winning photographers will be recognized this evening at New York’s famed Hudson Theatre where Nikon will unveil the […]
UF discovers house flies carrying five new illness-causing bacteria
Everyone knows that house flies aren’t welcome around food. But University of Florida scientists have discovered five new reasons why.
Researchers with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have documented five more bacteria species carried by house flies, and all of them cause illness in humans, ranging from food poisoning to respiratory infections.
In the current issue of Florida Entomologist, the researchers describe collecting house flies near rear entrances and trash bins at four restaurants in Gainesville. About 20 flies from each location were collected in sterile containers and returned to the campus laboratory.
The team used fatty acid analysis and DNA […]
NMSU professor focuses on house fly research
Not every idea for scientific research comes from deep intellectual conversations. Sometimes, the most mundane situations can spark the interest of the scientist.
Man shows house flies in a lab. Alvaro Romero, NMSU professor of Urban Entomology, will start researching house flies in January 2015. His research aims to inform and educate people about the possible health dangers of large populations of flies.
Alvaro Romero, New Mexico State University professor of Urban Entomology, who is known for his bed bug program, is interested in researching urban pests that most affect people’s everyday lives including house flies.
“This summer I attended an […]