Tiny flies can transform minor mouth sores into a serious condition known as oral myiasis. This rare occurrence begins when ...

No one likes dealing with flies of any kind, but drain flies can be particularly bothersome because of how quickly they reproduce in large quantities. Also called sink flies or moth flies, drain flies ...

The giant mosquito-like insects that have swarmed Tucson now are not actually mosquitoes, or spiders, and are not really that uncommon for this area after a wet winter. Crane flies typically spend ...

Western Australia’s top bug experts say this year’s fly season may be ramping up – but it’s still not a shadow on what baby boomers experienced back in the day. November is typically the month WA ...

This summer, a small number of invasive Mediterranean fruit flies were detected in San Jose. In response, the state started doing something that might seem strange: releasing millions more fruit flies ...

As the summer is coming to an end and autumn is upon us, perhaps many of us are realising that we have a lot of fruit flies around the house. Over time, they can be a nuisance as they progress from ...

If you happen to live in the South Bay and see government aircraft circling overhead, watch out, because chances are, they’re about to dump hundreds of thousands of irradiated fruit flies directly ...

Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims. On Friday, the Texas Department of Agriculture announced the debut of ...

There are four guarantees for summertime in Indiana: Heat, humidity, sweat and hoverflies. The first three are easy to explain. Here's a look at the fourth. You may also know hoverflies by another ...

A few songs into the second studio album from buzzy English post-punks Wet Leg, singer Rhian Teasdale yells "level up!" And level up they have. The alt-rock duo-turned-group took their time to ...