Howler monkeys in Costa Rica are facing a growing threat from bot fly larvae infestations, and new research points to tourism and land use changes as key drivers. A study by the Awá Science and ...

Feeding black soldier fly larva food waste also helps the environment according to the Environmental Protection Agency, local landfills take in 25-thousand tons of food scraps a year.

Mature larvae emerge from the host via the warble and "quickly burrow underground, where they pupate and may overwinter," the study says. So, what should you do when you find a botfly larvae?

Geese, Ptarmigan, Caribou, and Bot Fly Larva The author’s Inupiat Eskimo hunting partner, the late Danny Pikok, with a pair of willow ptarmigan taken near Point Lay, Alaska in the early 1990s amid ...

Adult bot flies are hairy and look like bees, without bristles. The larvae, which are about one-third the size of a penny, were living in a pit 2- to 3- millimeters wide. They were removed Thursday.

Biology This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It Researchers working in Morocco have discovered fly larvae that excel in the art of disguise.

Black soldier fly larvae is being used to convert winery waste into fertiliser for vineyards. The larvae eat a mix of winery and food waste that results in a nutrient-rich by-product called frass.

These fly larvae can digest your waste, feed your animals and fertilize your soil, David Murray writes about this innovation.

Flowers containing a “rare and potentially destructive” fruit fly larvae were seized at the Detroit Metro Airport, customs officials said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Detroit Metro Airport found live larvae of a rare fruit fly in a traveler's things earlier this year, officials said Thursday.

This is a deer bot fly, not part of the species likely to affect humans. While insects can indeed lay eggs in human bodies, it is not a common issue in the United States. It’s more prevalent in ...