Understanding their appearance and behaviors can help facilitate the identification of phorid flies in your home. Once ...

USDAsays the gnat-like phorid flies, imported from Brazil, pose no harmto anybody or anything other than fire ants. “It is a self-sustaining biocontrol,” said Richard Brenner,who leads a USDA ...

They can also threaten young calves. But now the researchers are trying a tiny phorid fly, native to a region of South America where the fire ants originated. Researchers have learned that fire ...

They can also threaten young calves. For decades, researchers have experimented with the tiny phorid fly, native to a region of South America where the fire ants originated. Researchers have ...

The Phorid fly is a parasitic breed that finds its host in fire ants. This breed is nicknamed the "decapitating fly" for its effect on its host, and its host is nicknamed the "zombie fire ant." ...

Knowing that phorid flies were ant decapitators, scientists began releasing the flies as a biocontrol agent in the 1990s in the United States. But scientists didn’t know which chemical cues ...

KENNETT SQUARE — Effective Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued a quarantine order to mitigate phorid flies, also known as Megaselia halterata, after four Chester County ...

v=1 In the warmer months, it’s not uncommon to find your indoor space disrupted by an unexpected guest: the phorid fly, also called the filth fly. These tiny phorid flies, often mistaken for ...