During this time as larvae, crane flies are important for recycling and decomposition — they eat leaves, plants and small bits of organic material in the soil or water bodies where they live.

Mosquitoes and crane flies are often confused for one another because they look similar at first glance, and they live in ...

Crane fly larvae, on the other hand, eat roots of grass, decaying wood, seedlings, fungi, algae, and other vegetation. Adult crane flies live only for a very short period of time.

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that poses a serious threat to the beef industry, wildlife, and even household ...

Building or buying a fruit fly trap will also deter the pests. PHOTO: CHEW ENG GOH Wilson Wong Follow topic: Home & Garden Published Jun 20, 2025, 09:45 AM ...

The pest, a species of fly that has been eradicated in the U.S. for decades, has been moving northward in Mexico, leading the USDA to close the nation's southern border to cattle imports in May.

Odessa American - June 11, 2025 Beginning Thursday morning, June 12, Crane Avenue will be closed between West Olive Street and West Mable Street due to emergency utility repairs.

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as ...

The USDA has said the flies have been detected as close as 700 miles (1,127 kilometers) from the U.S. border, and some U.S. agriculture and cattle industry officials have worried that if the ...