The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...

BEGIN AT 8 A.M. NEW MEXICO’S CATTLE INDUSTRY IS GETTING READY FOR SCREWWORM TO HIT OUR STATE. THIS IS LARVAE THAT ENTERS THE WOUNDS OF COWS DEVELOPING UNDER THE SKIN AND OFTEN CAUSES DEATH. THE ...

The pest being targeted is the flesh-eating larva of the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly. The Department of Agriculture plans to ramp up the breeding and distribution of adult male flies.

A crane fly is a large insect with a short lifespan. The immature larvae can eat up your lawn, but they’re generally not considered a pest. There are a few simple ways to get rid of them. What ...

Flesh fly larvae have long, white bodies with narrow heads. They can grow to 9-13 millimeters long in their final larval phase. The bodies of flesh fly larvae grow darker as they progress through ...

What are screwworms? The New World screwworms get their name from the way the larvae burrow into an open wound of a host. Unlike most maggots that tend to feed off of dead flesh, the screwworm ...

The petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt at the La Brea Tar Pits. In the sticky oil seeps known as the La Brea Tar Pits, ...

"The larvae, the immature stages of the fly, live in the leaves of the plant. They're leaf miners, they leave little trails in the leaves," Whiteman said.

Black soldier fly larvae have been enjoying a series of breakout moments. On Nov. 5, Oberland Agriscience, a Nova Scotia-based company, announced that it had opened a 108,000-square-foot BSFL farm ...

However, their conclusion that associative memories can’t survive may not hold true for all species. Butterfly and beetle larvae, for example, hatch with more complex nervous systems and more ...

"It's true that it's almost indistinguishable from real meat.You have to be a real gourmand to tell the difference. I couldn't [do it]," Manturov said, according to RBC. "It was a blind tasting ...