While it's certainly not the first time this pest has plagued the Lone Star State, two southern Texas cities are under ...

Hundreds of acres of commercial citrus in La Feria and Peñitas were put under quarantine by state and federal agricultural ...

Mexican fruit fly detections have prompted quarantines in the Rio Grande Valley. Officials warn residents and growers not to ...

A new threat is putting pressure on the Texas citrus industry, which is already struggling with water scarcity, citrus ...

CBP agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport intercepted live larvae from a rare and potentially destructive fruit fly earlier this year. A specialist at the USDA Systemic Entomology ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators ...

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...

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

In this Jan. 2024 photo provided by The Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at a ...

From March to October, the damp, moss-covered cliff walls of Dismals Canyon light up with the pale blue glow of... bioluminescent bugs? For decades, visitors and biologists alike were left mystified ...