House Digest on MSN2h
An Easy, Effective Solution To Catching Flies In Your Home Without A Hassle
Houseflies can be a challenge to catch and kill, and while many methods exist, some take a while. This strategy is fast, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
This Parasitic Fungus Turns Flies Into Zombie Insects
A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish ...
Why so many insects so late in the year? Warm weather is likely keeping them out longer
Have you noticed mosquitos, gnats or other unseasonable insects flying around? The warm weather is keeping them out longer ...
The Conversation32m
Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up
The answer is reproduction – the titan arum needs pollinators such as flies, and flies like dead things. Many other plants ...
Texas Standard12d
Yes, insects can lay eggs in your body. Here’s how.
While insects can indeed lay eggs in human bodies, it is not a common issue in the United States. It’s more prevalent in ...
arkadelphian7h
Researchers explore new tool to fight disease-carrying insects
Arkansas researchers are testing a product commonly used to treat ticks and fleas on pets to target fly and mosquito larvae ...
The Conversation on MSN12d
In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies—implications for global pest control
Wasp eggs hatch inside the fly host and gradually devour the entire fly from the inside out. The release of nonnative insects ...
Ag Funder News7d
Oberland Agriscience nets new capital to scale Nova Scotia BSFL plant
High-tech insect farmer Oberland Agriscience aims to be fully scaled up at a 108,000sq ft facility in Halifax some time next ...