Scientists have completed the most detailed map ever made of an adult animal brain by charting every cell and connection in a ...

A biosecurity operation has been initiated in Papatoetoe after an Oriental fruit fly was detected in a routine surveillance trap.

Most of the flies’ total lifespan in the larval stage is as detritivores, or scavengers, he adds, when they consume rotting, ...

Love is in the air for the vinegar fly. Drosophila melanogaster has long been a model for understanding how brains translate sensory information into courtship behavior. Male flies perform a multitude ...

A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are ...

Something buzzing around your kitchen? It might be fruit flies. Here's what attracts them, plus several homemade fruit fly traps you can DIY.

Biosecurity authorities have declared the Queensland fruit fly response in Auckland’s Mt Roskill officially over, lifting all movement controls on fruit and vegetables after six weeks of intensive ...

Late winter may still feel like hibernation season, but for homeowners with backyard orchards and berry patches, it’s prime time to grab the pruners.

Controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill have been lifted with no further evidence of Queensland fruit fly found in the area, says Mike Inglis, Biosecurity ...

The facility, created to aid the agency’s fight against New World screwworm, expands USDA’s ability to disperse sterile flies ...

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"On occasion, folks might buy large flats of strawberries for jam. If fruit flies are an issue, the best approach is to rinse ...