This flesh-eating fly, known as the lucille moth, is wreaking havoc on the American continent, particularly in South America.

There are a lot of threats to Texas’ white-tailed deer population including Chronic Wasting Disease and the occasional ...

Apple maggot flies lay eggs in fruit which becomes pitted and misshapen. The female fly creates a "sting” or hole as she lays an egg; each one forms a tiny spot or dimple. Maggots (larvae) tunneling ...

When these neurons were switched off, the larvae could no longer distinguish between too-hard and too-soft food. Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually “taste” food texture, ...

According to a new study, we’re not the only ones. Researchers have found that maggots (fly larvae) also have neurons dedicated to textures and that’s why they prefer rotten fruits and ...

According to APHIS, New World screwworm (NWS) is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause serious, often deadly damage to the animal. NWS ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement the United States will once again receive cattle that cross on foot ...

The most widely studied maggot is the larva of the vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila have been the focus of genetic research for over a century: in the 1910s, they were used by Thomas ...

In a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers found that when it comes to food preferences, texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and ...

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 ...

"When she became infested with maggots she would have seen that as a corruption of the flesh," he said. Kathleen had maggots in her wound - which the staff blamed on the hot weather Kathleen had ...

Founded in the UK in 2003, for the last 10 years Fly has been operating in the mobile phone markets of Russia, Ukraine, India, Southern Europe and the CIS. The company that started out with feature ...