The term gnat is a general term for small fly. Black flies and other gnats are attracted to the carbon dioxide in our breath.

If stalk-eyed flies thrive along with skunk cabbage in the Berkshires, we might see them feeding on the remains of skunk ...

Flies are pesky and carry germs that spread disease. Read on to learn how to keep flies away, including how to keep them out ...

Townsend,a specialist in the study of Diptera (flies, gnats, and mosquitoes), first published his findings some twenty years ago (says a male bot fly can go 818 M.P.H. and a female 614 M.P.H.).

Flies belong to the order Diptera. The term ‘fly’ is commonly used for any insect in this order, but not all flying insects are true flies. The order Diptera includes all true flies; the name means ...

Bugs such as houseflies, fruitflies, blowflies, hoverflies and mosquitoes all belong to an order called Diptera -- which contains over 125,000 known species, and possibly over a million in total.

Two weeks ago I ran this photo with an Outdoor Friends feature on honey bees. Well, turns out this is not a honey bee. Sure fooled me. But it didn’t fool Ron Macomber, a retired biology/science ...

ZSI researchers identify 23 blood-sucking fly species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, including bluetongue virus carriers, posing livestock threat.

The smallest fly (Diptera) ever recorded is a Phoridae! With 0.395 mm of body length, Megapropodiphora arnoldi Brown, 2018 was collected in Brazilian Amazonia and has a flattened, limuloid body with ...

Luckily, I had a much more limited pool of suspects to match my half-remembered physical description of the victim. "Small black flies narrows it down to maybe 1000+ species," Erica McAlister, the ...

Boulahia-Kheder, S. (2021) Review on Major Fruit Flies (Diptera Tephritidae) in North Africa Bio-Ecological Traits and Future Trends. Crop Protection, ... ABSTRACT: Tephritid fruit flies are ...