The SABDO method uses a bin as a living ecosystem for black soldier flies, which can break down organic waste in weeks and convert it into nutrient-rich compost. "You just open the bin ...

"We have made three more expeditions in that area and, despite lifting hundreds of stones, we found only two more flies, together, in another termite mound," Vila said. Who will these maggots grow ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.

These faces are part of an extreme mimicking strategy that trick harvester termites (Anacanthotermes ochraceus) into thinking the fly larvae are part of their colony. Soldier termites typically ...

The maggots are offspring of the black soldier fly, which originates in tropical ... to kitchen scraps and animal manure — and turn them into a rich protein source for livestock.

US biologist Jim Truman, a modern Swammerdam, has spent most of his life trying to understand how maggots turn into flies – in particular, the links between the maggot’s nervous system and that of the ...

As the larvae grow, they serve dual purposes: they turn into a high-protein feed for animals, and their excretion becomes a ...

The aim of this masked seduction is to trick harvester termites into thinking the fly larvae are part of their colony, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. Soldier ...

and the fly numbers are all very controlled and constrained …We harvest the larva before they turn into flies, and we only retain a certain portion of the flies for egg production.” For 10 days, the ...

Doctors in Nepal were left horrified after a 76-year-old man came in with creatures squirming around in his penis and bladder due to hygiene issues and contaminated medical equipment.

Male crickets in Hawaii softened their chirps once parasitic flies started hunting them. Now, it seems, the flies are homing in on the new tunes.