A newly identified parasitic wasp, compared to an “alien” predator, was found entirely by chance. Its ability to infect adult ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

You can get rid of fruit flies fast effectively—and naturally—with things you probably already have in your kitchen.

Legal controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables on Auckland’s North Shore will remain in place for the next few weeks ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Tiny changes in the timing of expression of the gene orthodenticle (otd) can significantly affect eye size in fruit flies. In Drosophila mauritiana, earlier ...

Early last month, an Oriental fruit fly was discovered in the Mangere/ Papatoetoe area, kicking off a Controlled Area Notice and increased trapping in the area. This month, controls in the area were ...

A word of advice as you embark on reading Emma Knight’s exquisite debut novel: Forget that it is called The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus. Or, at the very least, resign yourself to the fact ...

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) says that discovery of a male Oriental fruit fly on Auckland’s North Shore is a cause for concern for growers. The fruit fly was detected in a suburban backyard in ...

The biosecurity operation was launched yesterday after the discovery of an Oriental fruit fly in a suburban backyard in Birkdale. It comes more than a month after a fly sparked an early ...

The single male Oriental fruit fly was discovered in a surveillance trap in a suburban backyard in Birkdale today. “This is the same species of fruit fly that we responded to in Papatoetoe ...

Biosecurity New Zealand is investigating and boosting trapping after new Auckland fruit fly was found on Thursday. An operation is under way and extra field teams are in the suburb of Birkdale, on ...