An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak of New World Screwworms. It's a deadly parasitic fly that's spreading in ...

Regeneration, the ability to heal damaged or lost tissues, is both an everyday and a real-life superpower. Health research ...

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 ...

The US has announced the reopening of the sterile fly production plant in Chiapas, part of a joint strategy with Mexico to ...

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after ...

The flesh-eating fly making a comeback After decades of eradication – the New World screwworm has once again spread through several countries in Central America. Tuesday 17 June 2025 12:06 BST ...

In the immersion bioassay of orange fruits infested with C. capitata larvae in the insecticide, a high translaminar action of the insecticide spinetoram at a dose of 5.0 g a.i./100L and chlorpyrifos ...

Syrphid flies are helpful pollinators, second only behind our bee friends. Like bees, ... One larva can consume up to 400 aphids, making a significant difference for many crops as an eco-friendly pest ...