Female S. perlmani use their ovipositors to deposit their eggs in the fruit fly’s abdomen, and 18 days later a larva will burst out of the side of the fly, leaving its host to die. "It will ...

These birds are called swifts and they lay their eggs somewhere very wet… behind a waterfall! The swifts have to fly right through all the water to get to their nests. It's a good hiding place ...

The white larvae you can find in your home are often the offspring of house flies that have managed to lay eggs under your ...

Mandarin growers across the country continue to struggle with citrus fruit drops caused by citrus fruit flies, leading to the ...

Drain flies and fruit flies might look the same at first glance. Our experts explain how to tell them apart, and how to get ...

A team of Australian researchers has described a new species of now-extinct sawfly from an extremely well-preserved fossil ...

The white larvae you can find in your home are most often the offspring of house flies that have managed to lay eggs under your roof. Their bodies have a whitish hue, usually tending towards creamy.

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to ...

Tiny winged insects flying out of sinks are the stuff of nightmares. Why do you have drain flies, and how can you get rid of ...

After writing about the fig beetle – a shiny green scarab beetle that feeds on overripe fruit and decomposing organic matter ...

Drain flies are small black flying bugs that are commonly found in bathrooms and kitchens. These pests often lay eggs in clogged sink and floor drains, which is how they earned their common name.

also known as moth flies, are a common nuisance in many homes. These pests live and breed inside your plumbing pipes, feeding on decomposing material and laying eggs within the gelatinous slime ...