Warmer weather means pesky fruit flies will be on the rise. Avoid an infestation with prevention hacks from an entomologist.

Flies are generally drawn to foul odors like garbage, rotting foods, waste, and dirty drains.Flies are also attracted to ...

We often use this fragrant herb to garnish and flavor tasty dishes, but it seems that it can also make a handy pest repellent ...

I’m not going to get too graphic, but it took me a long time to clear out those fruit flies. I tried everything, from building my own traps with vinegar and soap to spraying toxic, smelly fumes ...

That’s the waking nightmare one species of Australian fruit fly must contend with each night as hungry mites stalk and attach themselves like a tick while the fly is sleeping in the fruit ...

Scientists have long turned to simpler organisms to help answer these questions, with the humble fruit fly emerging as an ideal candidate. These tiny insects share many genes with humans that are ...

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...

which includes a network of fruit fly traps within the area that was under restrictions. Scoop is free for personal use, but you’ll need a licence for work use. This is part of our Ethical ...

Biosecurity New Zealand today lifted controls on movement of fruit and vegetables in the North Shore suburb of Birkdale following no further finds of fruit flies since a single male Oriental fruit fly ...

Biosecurity New Zealand today lifted controls on movement of fruit and vegetables in the North Shore suburb of Birkdale following no further finds of fruit flies since a single male Oriental fruit fly ...

“Our nationwide routine surveillance will continue with our system of nearly 8000 fruit fly traps spread across the country and more than 4600 of these in the Auckland area. These traps are set for ...

This is great news for New Zealand as a whole, and in particular the horticulture industry, which would have been severely impacted by the establishment of a fruit fly population here. Biosecurity New ...