Environmental officials in California’s San Francisco Bay and East Bay areas are releasing millions of sterile fruit flies to reduce the number of pests leading to produce decay. The fruit flies ...

Fruit flies are attracted to ripe, rotting, or fermenting produce and can breed in moist areas like drains. Homemade traps using apple cider vinegar, overripe fruit, wine, or beer can effectively ...

In just a handful of years, cricket-killing parasitic flies have evolved hearing that’s more sensitive to their prey’s new, covert love songs, researchers report February 20 in Current Biology.

Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the southern U.S ...

There's hardly a more irritating noise than the sound of a fly buzzing around your head. These tiny insects have the uncanny ability to track down humans and nimbly dodge our attempts to swat them ...

Bengaluru’s list of frothing lakes keeps getting bigger every year. The latest to join this list is Chandapura Lake in Anekal. Lake walkers on Tuesday morning were in for a shock when they found ...

Fruit flies buzzing around your kitchen can be a frustrating sight, but not all small flying insects in your home are what they seem. Many homeowners mistake drain flies for their fruit-loving ...

The pathogen behind this outbreak is the Oropouche virus, transmitted by the bites of infected small flies and mosquitoes. While the virus is typically found in parts of South America ...

Jaipur: The residence of two-year-old girl, who became the first victim of Chandipura virus in the state, has ample breeding grounds for sand flies and mosquitoes. She succumbed to the virus at ...

“A challenging aspect of the Chandipura virus (CHPV) is its ability to persist in sand flies, allowing it to survive through the winter and re-emerge under favourable conditions,” said a ...

Hikers beware: Upper Peninsula bugs are out to bite. Biting flies have been swarming northern Michigan in numbers that even locals say they haven't seen before. However, what some might not ...

This is a great time to get a refresher on how to get rid of flies (and other pests) quickly. Many common causes for house flies stem from exposed and/or rotting food, either in the trash can ...