A way to curb nagging insects has been flying under our radar—an enzyme from fruit fly testes. The compound could control bugs that carry disease and harm crops by stunting their ability to procreate, ...

The wiring of one insect’s brain no longer contains much uncharted territory. All of the nerve cells — and virtually every connection between them — in a larval fruit fly brain have now been mapped, ...

Few things disrupt the joy of summer weather quite like ants, flies, and mosquitoes. A fresh collection of bug bites puts a serious damper on outdoor happy hours, and bringing home seasonal fruit ...

Who doesn’t love some fresh seasonal fruit? These flies sure do. It’s right in their name, after all. While they can find ...

What’s that annoying, tiny bug buzzing around? You might think it’s a gnat — which is a type of fly — but chances are good that it’s a fruit fly. Fruit flies are one of the smallest species of fly — ...

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Until recently, fruit flies in a 38 000 ha area of southern Peru caused annual production losses of US $12 million. Now, through the integrated application of a technique that uses ionizing radiation ...