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musca domestica

In a study on the effects of artificial sweeteners on house flies (Musca domestica), researchers found that a diet of only erythritol can indeed be fatal to the flies—but the effect appears to be the result of a lack of caloric content, not toxicity. (Photo credit: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org)

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