These flies may appear innocuous, but they play a pivotal role in pest control. Tachinid flies lay their eggs on or near host insects like caterpillars and beetles. The larvae then burrow into the ...

These flies may appear innocuous, but they play a pivotal role in pest control. Tachinid flies lay their eggs on or near host insects like caterpillars and beetles. The larvae then burrow into the ...

Moreover, mint flowers attract many pollinators and beneficial insects like tachinid flies (parasitic on nasty bugs), hoverflies (aphid eaters), beneficial wasps, and bees. Nasturtium plants give you ...

If the male arrives empty-handed, he is rejected. With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study by ...

The natural world is full of tricksters. African daisies can imitate flies to trick real insects into attempting to mate with them and depositing precious pollen. Some spiders can scuttle around ...

I’ll admit it: I get some agitation when I fly on a plane. Getting inside that metal tube is where I have rediscovered prayer more than any other place. I was once so afraid of flying that I ...

After Philadelphia scores a touchdown, the crowd belts out the lyrics of a song in one shared voice: "Fly, Eagles Fly! On the road to victory!" "Fly, Eagles Fly" has become the defining anthem of ...

Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified 23 species of blood-sucking flies, 13 of them recorded for the first time in the country, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution. Seth Rudman, an assistant professor in the School ...

The New Zealand Herald reports that while Neas didn’t pay costs for the return trip, she had originally paid Christchurch-based company Move My Pet $1106 ($1948 NZD) to have Mittens fly with her.