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This past weekend, I had a glimpse into one of the most fascinating and bizarre (also gruesome) animal behaviors I have ever ...
Your first instinct when you spot a buzzing insect nearby is often to swat at it, but not every bug is a foe. Some are friends and worth a second look. Consider the hover fly, a tiny but mighty bee ...
A parasitoid wasp, Ganaspis brasiliensis, laying eggs into the larva of a spotted wing drosophila on a blueberry. CORVALLIS — An invasive fruit fly that’s a major agricultural pest affecting Northwest ...
A cicada killer wasp looks scary, but these bugs don't deserve your terror! Here's where to find these peaceful, ...
ASSOCIATED PRES State officials hope to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly. A UH environmental assessment says there would be no significant impact if the wasp were released in Hawaii. The findings ...
It sounds like something out of the "Alien" movie series, but wasps that lived during the age of dinosaurs laid eggs inside fly pupae, with the wasps eating the flies from the inside out. The study, ...