October 18, 2018

Video: How to catch fruit flies

Credit: The American Chemical Society

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar—or can you? In this video, Reactions explains the chemistry behind why fruit flies love vinegar so much that some entomologists call them "vinegar flies":

Provided by American Chemical Society

Video: How to catch fruit flies

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