The eggs resemble a grain of rice. Larvae hatch and feed on aphids. Depending on the species, they eat 100 to 400 aphids. Adults emerge and feed on nectar or pollen. To support syrphid flies in your ...

Knowing how to recognize and deal with pests that are commonly found on lemon trees can help to ensure your plant thrives and produces plenty of juicy fruit.

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

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

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 ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

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, ...

Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the migration of larvae into soft tissues where they eventually calcify and form cysts. Here's a video 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 ...

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 ...