Phorid flies are little black flies that can multiply very fast in drains. The damp, unsanitary conditions of some drains, particularly those in basements and bathrooms, are ideal for little black ...

NEW GARDEN >> For the residents of Harrogate development, the biblical prophecies of locust swarms have nothing on them. For these homeowners and many like them in various areas of southern Chester ...

The Chronicle bees are going to join forces with San Francisco State University researchers to study the latest honeybee killer: the zombie fly parasite. First discovered on the San Francisco campus ...

OVERTON – Zombie fire ants may not sound like a cool thing, but wait a minute, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. On April 29, on the grounds of the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension ...

Phorid flies, a diverse group of parasitoids, have emerged as promising agents for the biological control of invasive ant species. These specialised dipterans locate their ant hosts using a ...

Zombies are among us. And these tiny undead creatures are everywhere. In this excerpt from "Rise of the Zombie Bugs" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), author Mindy Weisberger examines the very ...

UNIVERSITY PARK >> Working with mushroom growers and residents in southern Chester County, Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences is ramping up ongoing research efforts to alleviate mushroom ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 93, No. 4 (December, 2010), pp. 584-589 (6 pages) Endoparasitoid phorid flies, Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae) are important biological control agents of imported ...

Frustrated residents say they feel like they are “living in hell” after their block of flats became overrun with flies. Those ...

Scientists have found 30 never-before-seen species of flies buzzing about in the city of Los Angeles. The discovery suggests that we know less about the diversity of our winged neighbors than was ...