Some of Orange County was placed under quarantine due to an invasive fruit fly species, according to the state's Department of Food and Agriculture, which has told residents in affected areas to not ...

An 87-square-mile area in Orange County is under quarantine due to the detection of the invasive oriental fruit fly.

Opens in a new tab or window A type of flesh-eating worm eradicated ... myiasis flies like sheep ked and horse bot fly. Compared with human bot fly larvae, for instance, NWS larvae are much ...

Every year, the U.S. drops millions of tiny, hungry worms from planes over Central America, but it's not a prank or a bizarre experiment—it’s part of an epic battle against screwworms! These worms are ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. A screwworm infestation is gruesome. The female fly lays hundreds of eggs on the exposed flesh of warm-blooded ...

Another fantastic and free food that your bearded dragon will enjoy is clover. The leaves are nutritious, but the high-fiber ...

These flies lay their eggs in the soft tissues of the carcass, and within mere hours or days, the eggs hatch into larvae, or maggots. These maggots feast voraciously on the decaying flesh ...

Oriental wasps may have evolved a genetic mutation to handle their liquor, thanks to a beneficial relationship with yeast.

Then, they become larvae, and they continue growing and maturing ... Moths would then consume the dew then fly out in search of blood or flesh to gain power. CONNECT with Green Matters ...

Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, growing in the stomach or the flesh. The botfly traps a mosquito, fly or tick and lays eggs on it. When the insect bites a mammal, the eggs are then ...