Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...

Fruit flies are often ushered indoors by decaying fruits and veggies, but according to pros, there's another area of your ...

Summer means ripe tomatoes, tall glasses of lemonade and, yes, fruit flies. The pesky pests are the last thing you want buzzing in front of your face—especially when you're prepping dinner or having ...

As much as you may enjoy snacking on some delicious fruit while taking in the outside air during the summer in South Carolina, this may also attract some unwanted visitors. Among them are fruit flies.

Tomato companion plants promote healthier tomato plants and increased yields by reducing pest pressure, attracting beneficial ...

Fruit flies have been trending on Delaware social media and all anyone wants to know is: "How do I get rid of them?" The winged specks are only an eighth of an inch long, but they can be very annoying ...

We're in the middle of an untimely heat wave. No one is taking it seriously. If it were July, we'd all be ranting and raving, knowing right down to the melted marrow of our softened bones that we'd ...

RANCHO CORDOVA — The discovery of nine oriental fruit flies in one Northern California city has the state and local authorities in eradication mode. The non-native insects are found in Asia, Hawaii ...

In the late summer and early fall, when they’re most common in Kentucky, fruit flies can become a menace. They seem to spawn out of nowhere, and that’s a credit to their keen sense of smell, though ...