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Fungus Gnats in Your Houseplants? Here’s How to Eliminate Them for Good
Fungus gnats can be a nightmare for plant lovers. These tiny flying insects may seem harmless at first, but their larva ...
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Insects that elude predators will elude pesticides, too
Compare a caterpillar to a butterfly or a maggot to a fly; newly hatched insect larvae don’t appear to be remotely related to the adults they will become. Not only ...
Scientists just found one of nature’s sneakiest spies
What are nature's best spies? Well, it turns out they just might be fly larvae that can infiltrate termite nests undetected.
This Fly Larva’s Butt Looks Like a Termite’s Head—and Termites Are Falling for It
“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...
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Visiting Vet: Feline intestinal parasites
I just found two worms on the floor by Savoy’s food bowl,” the woman on the phone said, clearly upset. We’re used to that. I ...
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Why maggots love feeding on rotten food
Leiderman, who does our theme ... fruit flies, specifically the larva. KOMAROV: It eats constantly. So it really, really, really cares about food. DANIEL: The question was, which aspects of rotting ...
Avoid apple problems through sanitation
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 ...
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded ...
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
In a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers found that when it comes to food preferences, texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and ...