This time-lapse video shows the development of the nervous system in a fruit fly embryo as it transitions to the larval stage. Fruit flies have a high reproduction rate and a very short gestation ...

Mouth larva usually comes from certain fly species that invade soft tissues inside the oral cavity, such as gums and open wounds. These pests typically infect livestock and other vertebrate ...

When we lifted a stone we found a termite mound with three fly larvae that we had never seen before. The water had probably flooded the deeper layers of the nest and the larvae had emerged onto ...

This identification aid will concentrate on third instar larvae. Both the Old World screwworm fly (OWSF) Chrysomya bezziana and the New World screwworm fly (NWSF) Cochliomyia hominovorax are major ...