The biggest concern is how to destroy insect pests, and how to use bees to make honey. Thus apart from the widespread study of fruit flies for genetic research purposes, the types of insects most comprehensively investigated are mosquitos, flies, bees, ants and other insects directly harmful or beneficial to humans.
因此除了遺傳學上的需要，對果蠅進行研究，其他與人類利害相關的蚊、蠅、蜂、蟻則成為人類研究較透徹的昆蟲。