Home / Series / Deep Look / Aired Order / Season 2021 / Episode 7

Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad

This fly’s larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap – a taste test to find the least toxic spot for her offspring.

English
  • Originally Aired April 6, 2021
  • Runtime 4 minutes
  • Production Code QtbjUB4AnLI
  • Network YouTube
  • Created April 12, 2021 by
    shriek
  • Modified April 12, 2021 by
    shriek