Do Fruit Flies Bite Humans? and Why?

If I left some bananas that have been sitting on the counter for a few days longer than they should have and all of a sudden you're starting to notice these little tiny insects flying around.
Uh-oh fruit flies!!

Seems like once you get fruit flies it's almost impossible to get rid of them but should you be worried about getting bitten by one?
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Do fruit flies bite?

Well, fruit flies don't actually bite and here's why?
Fruit flies don't actually have teeth, they have instead what we would call a proboscis, these little injections right here (see the picture) and then they have sort of like a tongue like mouth part, it almost forms a straw.

They inject material enzymes from their mouth into the fruit, causing the fruit to become more liquid and then they're actually able to suck that liquid up through their mouth like tongue or there's straw like tongue into their mouth,

And that's how they actually consume what they're eating, they're attracted to just about any fruit but in particular they like ones that are really right, the reason for that is the riper the fruit the higher the sugar content and it's the sugar that the flies are really crazy about.

So don't worry about getting bitten by them.
But if you want to get rid of them get rid of that fruit and you'll get rid of the flies.
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