Female face flies lay their eggs in and around the manure of their host animals. This seemingly unhygienic choice serves a crucial purpose in their reproductive cycle. The larvae, upon hatching, find ...

The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change. Climate ...

Bright, still days outdoors, with temperatures above 18°C, and sunny days in greenhouses favour the fly, and most egg-laying occurs under these conditions. The egg-laying period stretches from early ...

The flies lay eggs in open wounds, which hatch into larvae who feed on the animals' flesh. Without treatment, the infection can be fatal within a week. In the early 20th century, the losses in ...

which lay eggs on developing fly larvae, killing them before they mature. Other natural predators, such as beetles and birds, also help reduce fly populations. 1 In addition, physical barriers and ...

The BSF larvae are placed in nets and kept in well-ventilated areas. After mating, the adult flies lay eggs, which hatch into larvae after 8-10 days. These larvae are then grown into mature forms in ...

This adaptation improves the flies' ability to locate hosts for their larvae, increasing their chances of survival. "It's important to understand how the sensory systems of eavesdroppers evolve ...

Researchers in Japan have found that flies fed excessive amounts of caffeine generally die within seven days, a discovery that could lead to the development of insecticides that are less harmful to ...

The flies only fly for 1–2 weeks in their life cycle and that is when they have to reproduce by laying eggs that become fly larvae. To increase the chance that their genes will be passed on, male ...

laying up to 50 eggs per female near fresh fungal root growth. Unlike sciarid flies, phorid flies prefer warmer temperatures and tend to invade mushroom houses later in the crop cycle. Their ...