Dr. Bronzino and Scully in “Lord of the Flies”

So many flowers... so little time.

Scully

Excuse me?

Pheromones, Dr. Scully. Heavy in the air. Nature's natural attractants. Driving the insect world to go forth and pollinate.

Scully

I'm aware of how pheromones work. But according to this device there isn't a single pheromone to be found out here.

Well, that can't be right. The bio-sensor we use is an actual fly antennae over which the pheromones pass. But I modified the EAG to measure in picograms which makes it sensitive to traces a mile in any direction.

Scully

But I'm still not sure why you think that pheromones might cause an otherwise harmless fly to attack a human so violently, Doctor..

Rocky.

Scully

Rocky.

Bugs are small-minded creatures, and therefore very predictable. They don't have moods, per se. They react to circumstance and stimuli, as they have been doing it for millennia.

Scully

So what do you suppose they're reacting to out here?

It may be the bugs are being somehow driven crazy with desire. You know, they say we humans respond to pheromones, too.

Scully

Yeah, I tend to agree with that, yeah.

'Women's dormitory syndrome' - It's believed that pheromones are the reason that women who live together share the same menstrual cycle.

Scully

Fascinating.

You know, when a male and female calliphorid fly mate they stay joined for up to one and a half hours. One and a half, doctor.

Scully

You know, Rocky... I'm a mother.

..Mothers are women, too.