Why maggots love the texture of decaying fruit (IMAGE)

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Why maggots love the texture of decaying fruit

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Larvae navigate and prefer older, rotting fruit compared to fresh fruit.

Credit

Nikita Komarov, modified using Adobe Illustrator 2024 from Komarov N, et al., 2025, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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