Their tails look like threads and are often longer than their body. Crane fly larvae are found in various aquatic habitats— ponds, rivers, streams, and marshes. Some of them prefer moist areas like ...

Leather jackets are the larvae of the crane fly, which resembles an overgrown mosquito when mature. These larvae have a cylindrical shape with a head that retracts into the thorax. The hungry ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies. The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described.

Crane fly larvae gorge themselves on grass, decaying wood, seedlings, and other vegetation until they are ready to transform into an adult. By the time the fly emerges as an adult, it has enough ...

Syntretus perlmani lays its eggs in the bodies of living, adult fruit flies instead of larvae or pupae. The wasp larvae then burst out of the fly’s abdomen, killing it. The process is detailed ...

Fly larvae can also appear under your roof. Just a moment of inattention creates perfect conditions for their development. If we don’t react in time, we may face an invasion of adult flies.