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

The flies are sterilized with radiation before release, aiming to disrupt the pest's reproduction cycle and prevent larvae from hatching ... "as the flies will lay eggs on open sores," according to ...

Knowing about the lifespan of common flies helps to get rid of the pesky invadersKey PointsThe lifespan of adult flies varies considerably depending on the species, ranging from seven to 50 days.All ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins came to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas on Wednesday and announced what she ...

But the outbreak of this pest has left them devastated. Uzi flies lay eggs inside the tomatoes. The larvae feed on the pulp, leading to internal rotting, discoloration and rapid spoilage of the fruit.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Department of Agriculture is on alert as the threat of screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva, looms closer to the U.S. border.

Nearly 20 caterpillars, including eastern tiger and spicebush swallowtail butterflies, take up residence in their canopies. Other insect pollinators, such as flies and beetles, also collect around ...

Fruit flies also lay their eggs on ripening fruits, so their larvae have a food source. Blowflies specialize in feeding on decaying flesh, slurping the liquids from their dead food items.

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 ...

UPDATE 1:26 p.m. The debate has been settled. The moth in the top picture is not a tarantula moth, but a tiger moth. Several readers clarified the name of the flying critter, which is also known ...

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 ...

Spring was go-time. Winter was a time of rest. Geese, Ptarmigan, Caribou, and Bot Fly Larva The author’s Inupiat Eskimo hunting partner, the late Danny Pikok, with a pair of willow ptarmigan taken ...