Remove fruit fly food sources then make a DIY trap with non-toxic household products to get rid of them for good ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

After you've grabbed a bunch of bananas from the supermarket shelf, you're probably not immediately envisioning washing them, ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) species that use myrtaceous fruit, particularly guava, as hosts in several localities in the state of ...

Bag the fruit up to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs on developing fruit. This needs to be done early, ideally once the young fruit start to form. You can also build or buy a fruit fly trap ...

But the outbreak of this pest has left them devastated. Uzi flies lay eggs inside the tomatoes. The larvae feed on the pulp, leading to internal rotting, discoloration and rapid spoilage of the fruit.

Screwworm flies were first pushed out of the US in the 1960s. AP The Department of Agriculture also plans to spend $21 million to convert a separate facility that breeds fruit flies near Mexico ...

Female New World screwworm flies lay eggs that often produce flesh-eating larvae. AP When left to fester, flesh-eating larvae burst from the eggs and can decimate entire herds of cows.