The plant you have is an interesting succulent called starfish flower (Stapelia gigantea), which is native to southern Africa ...

Drains often smell due to trapped organic residue, mold, mildew, or bacteria. When you pour baking soda and vinegar down a ...

Pour 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar into a small jar or bowl. Add 1–2 drops of dish soap and stir gently. Optional: Cover the ...

When the summer sun shines into the living room, many windows are open or ajar: the ideal entryway for the common housefly! For this article, myHOMEBOOK looked into how to prevent the pest from ...

Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET seem to be most effective, says Gray. Natural repellants, such as essential ...

If the flying menaces hanging out around your houseplants and seedlings are getting on your last nerve, here’s how you get ...

While we're not completely certain how fruit flies appear in our homes, the one thing we know is we want them out as soon as possible. Here is everything you need to know about fr ...

Of all the bugs I’ve known – from ants to aphids, from fleas to fruit flies – I like my travel bug the best. I was bitten early. After college, when I absolutely couldn’t decide what I wanted to do ...

Dealing with a fly infestation at home is annoying. Orange County had one that spanned almost 100 square miles.

Sterile male flies have been released into the wild with the theory that the wild female will mate with the sterile male and ...

Cherry farmers in Michigan continue to combat the spotted wing drosophila, a fruit fly native to Asia that has terrorized ...

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...