In southeastern Pennsylvania, where 60% of U.S. mushrooms are grown, phorid flies are posing a threat to the industry, ...

“The only thing in the world that these phorid larvae can eat are the growing mycelia,” Wolfin said. He described phorid flies as a worldwide pest. The state’s quarantine order, which will ...

Larvae also enter fruit bodies, forming many passageways and holes, which makes the mushrooms unsuitable for use. The mushroom industry currently has multiple insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides ...

The quarantine order requires growers to treat mushroom houses and soil between harvests to kill the flies, larvae, bacteria, and pathogens before they spread. The state is helping farmers fight ...

Steam treatment, an industry-proven method, eliminates adult flies, larvae, bacteria, and fungi from mushroom houses, preventing the pests from spreading. Pennsylvania leads the nation in mushroom ...

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

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 ...

In the mountains of the Anti-Atlas in Morocco, a fly larva has developed a camouflage strategy that is as surprising as it is effective. Thanks to a "mask" resembling a termite head on its posterior ...