Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of ...

A flesh-eating parasite spreading across Mexico and Central America has placed the U.S. on high alert, but government ...

Survey the insects orbiting a globe of milkweed blossoms or the delicate blooms of a chokeberry, and you might spy an ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

The New World screwworm, whose larva “screws” into the skin and can infect humans as well as livestock, will be here within ...

Most fly larvae feed on dead flesh, making the New World screwworm fly and its Old World counterpart in Asia and Africa outliers — and for the American beef industry, a serious threat.

HOW FRUIT FLIES PROLIFERATE Female fruit flies lay eggs on the surface of rotting fruits and vegetables. The eggs hatch into larvae that feed on the yeast organisms and fungi. When the larvae are ...

The larval form of the black soldier fly is over 50 per cent protein by weight. (Frances Willick/CBC) A mass of writhing maggots swarms in Greg Wanger's open hands.

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program ...

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 ...

More information: Sämi Schär et al, Blow fly larvae socially integrate termite nests through morphological and chemical mimicry, Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.007 ...

Most fly larvae feed on dead flesh, making the New World screwworm fly and its Old World counterpart in Asia and Africa outliers — and for the American beef industry, a serious threat.