September marks the season when daddy long legs, or crane flies, begin to hatch. These insects, often mistaken for spiders, ...

It's insect season: All of the bugs that come out in spring in Arizona, from lady bugs to black widows Crane flies consume plant juices and other organic matter. Their larvae feed on decaying ...

A crane fly gets stuck in the tar pits. (Josh Cassidy/KQED ... Without snorkels like the ones petroleum fly larvae breathe through, those other insects quickly drown. Petroleum fly larvae aren’t picky ...

A few harmless insects caught the eye of Jamestown Sun photographer John M. Steiner, especially a field full of migrating ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University of Cambridge have identified an important control circuit involved in the eating process. The study has revealed that fly larvae have special ...

His particular interest is in the systematics, evolution, and natural history of insects, specifically crane flies, Tipuloidea, a vital group in aquatic and terrestrial habitats with over 15,000 ...

Syntretus perlmani lays its eggs in the bodies of living, adult fruit flies instead of larvae or pupae. The wasp larvae then burst out of the fly’s abdomen, killing it. The process is detailed ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies. The wasp larva grows inside the fly and then rips the fly open when it emerges, a recent study described.

At an insect farm in Kenya, fly larvae are being used to combat food waste. It's part of the InsectiPro farm's mission to chip away at the 1,900 tons of organic waste produced in Nairobi every day.