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 ...

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

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

In this study, we tested the fly’s feeding microstructure using the OptoPAD system (Moreira et al., 2019), which logs fly sipping events and, through a feedback loop, controls LED illumination ...

Insect larvae in stagnant water. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional ...

The Ophyra larvae are facultative predators and can kill more than 15 house fly larvae per day (Farkas and Papp, 1990). Despite the successful use of Ophyra to control M. domestica, in Brazil there is ...

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 part of ...

Parasites are organisms that live alongside a host, sometimes even taking control of the host. For example, parasitoid wasps like this one will catch a spider, paralyze it with their sting, force ...

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 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 ...