Midges are weak fliers and avoid even light wind. Setting up garden fans or seating areas in naturally breezy spots can provide an effective barrier, especially during peak midge times in the early ...

Recent helicopter flights over the Potomac River are part of an ongoing effort to both better understand and more effectively control the black fly population, swarms of which have been a nuisance to ...

Sparrows Point residents are fed up with midges, a nuisance insect that is worse this year than most can remember.

Here’s how to tell the difference between mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums by their bites and how to treat and prevent ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them from the sky.

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The USDA plans to drop sterile flies over Texas and Mexico to stop the screwworm, a parasite that threatens cattle, wildlife, and pets.

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

Today we're out on the snowy shorelines targeting Steelhead, bottom bouncing with an artificial egg and yarn fly. I'm in the Lower Niagara River with Lewiston New York in front of me, Queenston ...

Does rubbing alcohol kill fruit flies? Yes, rubbing alcohol sprayed or poured directly on the fruit flies will kill the adults, larvae, and eggs.

Mayflies and midges are look-a-likes due to their shared stringy, flappy and aquatic nature. To make the distinction, midges are often smaller, according to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

Two species of brine fly live in the Great Salt Lake, but more than 99% of the flies belong to one species: Ephydra cinerea. Baxter compared the Great Salt Lake’s brine flies to butterflies, which ...