Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is a small, bright orange wasp with a distinctively long ovipositor. The literal translation of longicaudata is "long-tailed" in Latin. But don't let its charismatic ...

Tropical almonds are one of many active battlegrounds in a war between a global agricultural pest, a parasitic wasp and ... several species of fruit fly pests, such as the Mediterranean fruit ...

The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Area Wide Management program is seeking help from the community to locate and eradicate unmanaged feral fruit trees on public land as part of its tree removal ...

As an entomologist who studies insect viruses, I want to untangle the complex interactions that insects have evolved with microbes. The findings might help researchers tackle global food security ...

Myiasis is essentially an infestation of maggots. The insect involved is usually a type of fly. The human botfly can directly affect people. Their range includes parts of Mexico and most of South ...

One reliable method of control has been to release tiny insects called parasitoid wasps into the wild that can hunt down immature fruit flies and target them for annihilation. The term parasitoid ...

Here’s how it works. If you spot fruit flies in your kitchen, chances are, there will be more the next day. That’s because fruit flies can actually lay up to 500 eggs, which hatch in as little ...