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Sep. 15, 2021 — Researchers have published an official description for Scenopinus jerei, a new fly species from ...
Mar. 11, 2021 — Scientists have found a previously unknown fossil fly species in old lake sediments of the Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany. In the stomach of the fossil insect, pollen from ...
Sep. 19, 2022 — New research concerning 'synanthropic' flies -- or the non-biting flies that live with us -- argues that we need to pay far more attention to them as disease carriers. While epidemiologists ...
May 26, 2021 — Killer flies can reach accelerations of over 3g when aerial diving to catch their prey - but at such high speeds they often miss because they can't correct their ...
Aug. 23, 2023 — Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran ...
Mar. 30, 2023 — The digestive tract of fruit flies remodels itself to accommodate beneficial microbiome species and maintain long-term stability of the gut environment, according to new ...
July 28, 2023 — Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on the ability is passed down through generations of ...
May 19, 2023 — Researchers reveal the molecular and cellular underpinnings behind the parasitic fungus, Entomophthora muscae's (E. muscae), ability to manipulate the behavior of fruit ...
Feb. 16, 2023 — Scientists have identified a volatile pheromone emitted by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking insect that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The discovery ...
July 15, 2022 — A unique fungus survives by 'bewitching' male flies into mating with dead female flies. The longer a female fly carcass has lain and rotted, the greater the male's ...
