A team of researchers led by Matthieu Louis found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory neurons in their ...

In the summer, you’ll get into dry fly territory – they’ll be keyed in on mayflies and caddis, so stock up on Adams patterns and several sizes of Elk Hair Caddis flies. For fall and winter ...

Before they emerge from the ground, crane fly larvae (sometimes called leatherjackets) munch on things like plant roots. In this phase of their development, they help with the removal of ...

"All of these pests have specific habitats where the larvae develop, which results in isolated populations of highly pestiferous adult flies," says Gray. Some, such as horse flies, are strong ...

Bot fly larva, aka Eskimo Candy, on the back of a caribou skin. Photo by Scott Hauge “Eskimo candy,” he bubbled, and popped it into his mouth. Bending down, he repeated the drill. Danny ate a ...

Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields of wildflowers, helping real bees carry out their crucial pollinating duties decades in the future. It’s a vision that Harvard’s Microrobotics ...

Buzzing insects may be seen as pests -- but globally, hundreds of fly species migrate over long distances, with major benefits for people and nature, new research shows. Buzzing insects may be ...

A year of slogging through swamps? More than 200 pages given over to caddis fly larvae, salamanders and newts? I didn't think so. Within a few pages, however, I was captivated by David M.

Abstract: I descnbe the selection of hard particles for case building in caddis fly larvae. The larvae prefer large and flat particles which are more profitable in terms of time and silk thread spent ...

The ancient world was even freakier than we knew. Research out this week details a parasitic wasp preserved in amber for nearly 100 million years that had a Venus flytrap-like belly it might have ...