Fruit flies have the longest sperm cell among all living organisms

If you have been seeing small flies or gnats in your kitchen, they’re most likely fruit flies. Fruit flies can be a problem year round, but are especially common during late summer/fall because they are attracted to ripened or fermenting fruits and vegetables.

Tomatoes, melons, squash, grapes and other perishable items brought in from the garden are often the cause of an infestation developing indoors. Fruit flies are also attracted to rotting bananas, potatoes, onions and other unrefrigerated produce purchased at the grocery store.

Fruit flies are a popular experimental animal because it is easily cultured in mass out of the wild, has a short generation time, and mutant animals are readily obtainable.

Males of this genus are known to have the longest sperm cells of any studied organism on Earth. Their sperm is 58 mm (2.3 in) long. The cells are mostly tail, and are delivered to the females in tangled coils.

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