It's not just your bananas they're after. Here's why fruit flies are hanging out in your home, and how to keep them at bay.

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.

Two problems commonly associated with apple trees plague growers: apple scab and apple maggots. It is too late for remedial action at this time of year but what you do now can affect next ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a ... texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and neurobiology Ph.D. student at the ...

While Gauteng grapples with a “fly invasion,” a local resident has posted a video of a trap he claims has drastically ... cinnamon, lemon, apple cider vinegar, and essential oils like ...

The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called maggots, because of the simplicity of their nervous system and the available genetic tools. The researchers established that ...

If you've still got even one fruit fly handing around your kitchen this ... A lot of users also noted that an ACV and dish soap trap caught a lot of the flies and helped fight their infestations.

Of the Calliphoridae family, blowfly maggots are typically found in decaying meat and are characterized by their shiny, metallic-looking bodies. Flesh fly. The Sarcophagidae family of maggots are ...

One of the world’s most destructive pests has been detected in an Adelaide eastern suburbs area and strict quarantine restrictions have been introduced. See the areas affected and what the ...