One of the most enjoyable benefits of gardening is spending time outdoors. Braving inclement weather, getting covered in mud ...

Wet and rotting things attract various types of winged insects known as the order Diptera, of which flies and gnats are a part. QUESTIONING PROPERTY TAXES? Here's a guide to protesting your ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 89, No. 2, Jun., 2006 Cuterebra Bot Flies (Diptera: Oestridae)... Typical mammal hosts (indigenous rodents and lagomorphs) ...

Temperature treatments used against fruit fly pests such as Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), include exposure to water or air >43°C and exposure to cold (0-2.22°C). Temperature ...

The Diptera ('true flies' or 'two-winged flies') constitute one of the largest orders of insects, with more than 160,000 species known worldwide and at least as many more still awaiting discovery.

Flies aren’t just decomposers—they’re also pollinators and pest predators. Researchers shows it’s time to appreciate these misunderstood insects.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), river blindness is among the most neglected tropical diseases. It is caused ...

The findings raise concern as Darjeeling, Kalimpong draw tourists to West Bengal; ZSI scientists confirmed that no individual ...

Watch Erica McAlister, Senior Curator of Diptera at the Museum, hint at why Rudolph's nose ... The cause is not a common cold, however, but an infestation of fly larvae. 'Snot bots', as they are ...