We tested the host specificity of two South American Pseudacteon phorid flies, P. obtusus Borgmeier and P. borgmeieri Schmitz, on North American colonies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis ...

These insects are often attracted to standing or stagnant water where they can lay their eggs ... can be found inside homes ...

Drain flies ... lay their eggs. 6. Phorid flies breed in damp, decaying material. 6. Phorid flies breed in damp, decaying material. Although they’re less likely to infest the inside of a home ...

Above that beetle was a fly trying to lay an egg inside the beetle's head. Insects have been cracking out of eggs for hundreds of millions of years. It is happening now, all around you.

also known as moth flies, are a common nuisance in many homes. These pests live and breed inside your plumbing pipes, feeding on decomposing material and laying eggs within the gelatinous slime ...

“All known parasitoid wasps of flies attack and develop inside immature life stages ... perlmani use their ovipositors to deposit their eggs in the fruit fly’s abdomen, and 18 days later ...

Fruit flies lay eggs on the surfaces of rotting fruits and vegetables. Eliminating fruit fly breeding areas is the best way to get rid of them. Simple homemade traps are often all you need to get ...

But face mites aren't the only helpful bug around. Green bottle flies might be useful in medicine. They lay eggs inside open wounds. Then the maggots hatch and devour the damaged flesh.

Your laying birds are going to need more calcium, as well as the right amount of protein and carbohydrates. The first week of eggs, which come in a huge variety in sizes, color and shape.

When an insect steps on one of the trap’s many holes, hundreds of ants inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws. Another species, the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), is ...

The remainder are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs. Empty shark-egg cases occasionally wash up on coastlines around the world, including in Britain. They look quite different to the traditional idea ...