Howler monkeys in Costa Rica are facing a growing threat from bot fly larvae infestations, and new research points to tourism and land use changes as key drivers. A study by the Awá Science and ...

Long talk story about the bot fly, and Dr. Townsend-Dr. Langmuir controversy as to its speed. Dr. Townsend,a specialist in the study of Diptera (flies, gnats, and mosquitoes), first published his ...

A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into food waste ...

Insects such as fruit flies have evolved a particularly delicate ... which is a Chinese word for 'summering,' describing the escaping behavior of larvae from heat." Unlike other known lipid ...

Black flies are small, gnat-like insects that swarm and bite, causing itchy welts. Peak black fly season in Michigan is mid-May to mid-June, primarily in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower ...

Texas is no stranger to the New World screwworm, but it’s been about 50 years since the fly wreaked havoc in the Lone Star state. The fly is most notorious for laying eggs in open wounds of living, ...

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.

The property’s tenant, Andrew Porter, has revealed he was using the highly flammable product to insulate and heat one shed as part of a soldier fly larvae breeding enterprise aiming to supply ...