Deep Look: A Tsetse Fly Births One Enormous Milk-Fed Baby

4 minutes 54 seconds

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Adult tsetse flies feed their larva milk while the larva is growing inside of them. This reproductive strategy is extremely rare in the insect world. Only a few other insects are known to grow larvae that they feed with milk. Part of the "Deep Look" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 4 minutes 54 seconds

Topic: Science
Subtopic: Biology, Insects, Science Experiments
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2020
Producer/Distributor: PBS Digital Studios
Series: Deep Look

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