putsi or skin maggot fly. The larvae of the tumbu fly are parasitic and when they get under the skin of mammals – including humans – they can live there until they hatch into maggots.

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic ...

Researchers have already created preliminary maps of the brains of nematodes and fruit fly larvae. But most recently, legions of researchers have constructed the most complex brain map yet ...

When Hauser examined petroleum fly maggots under a microscope, he noticed they’re a little more prickly than other fly larvae. He believes their rough skin keeps the asphalt away from their bodies.

That’s just a fundamental prerequisite,” said Michael Winding, a systems neuroscientist at the Francis Crick Institute who helped create a connectome of a fly larva, but was not involved with ...

A pair of serrated mandibles saw into the skin, cutting until they break small vessels and the blood begins to flow. An anticoagulant in the fly's saliva then prevents ... rivers and streams. The ...

Carpet beetles fly in through open windows and doors or hitch a ride on the fur of pets. You'll know you have an infestation when you see large bare areas in the rugs, holes in the clothes, and the ...

Tachinid flies lay their eggs under the skin of the host pest. Larvae hatch and feed on the host killing it before pupating and becoming adults to continue the life cycle. Bean leaf beetles are a ...

Noblella arutam, or the Arutam leaf litter frog, was discovered hidden under leaves on the forest floor, actively moving ...

The low-growing plant found in summer and early fall in the wet area under this ash is yellow monkey ... Galls are formed when a particular species of fly lays its eggs in the goldenrod. As the fly ...