The USDA has revived a decades-old strategy involving sterile flies to combat the deadly New World screwworm. These parasites can kill a cow in just two weeks, and cases have already popped up in ...

Mexico's government said on Monday that it has started to build a $51 million facility in the country's south as part of an ...

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

Another common way to deter flies, particularly small ones like fruit flies, is to make a homemade trap. You can do this by ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — 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 ...

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...

The fly larvae discovered in Morocco exploit this chemical communication to deceive termites. By perfectly mimicking the odor of their host colony, they avoid being identified as outsiders. This ...

Biology This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It Researchers working in Morocco have discovered fly larvae that excel in the art of disguise.

Black soldier fly larvae is being used to convert winery waste into fertiliser for vineyards. The larvae eat a mix of winery and food waste that results in a nutrient-rich by-product called frass.

Black soldier fly larvae have been enjoying a series of breakout moments. On Nov. 5, Oberland Agriscience, a Nova Scotia-based company, announced that it had opened a 108,000-square-foot BSFL farm ...

You’re looking at a picture of larvae from a “rare and potentially destructive” fruit fly that were intercepted at the Detroit Metro Airport. Gross!