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

This includes raising the temperature in the mushroom-growing houses to a level where phorid flies and their larvae cannot survive. Phorid flies have been a problem for mushroom farms for decades.

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 ...

Research from St. Olaf College and the University of Denver, published in Current Biology, found that a parasitic fly in ...

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (AP) — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea ...

(We released most of them in canals and they were a huge help. They feed on flies, larvae, and on the mosquitoes. So we believe that they are effective.) Franza added that dengue cases in the area ...

Scientists from St. Olaf College and the University of Denver have discovered that a parasitic fly in Hawaii has developed ...