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Moroccan fly maggot uses fake face on its butt to infiltrate termite colony
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.
Why are flies attracted to humans?
Flies are attracted to our pungent "cloud of effervescence," experts say.
These insects keep evolving to look like sticks. Why?
Researchers have found that stick insects keep evolving the same 20 body plans, from the "tree lobster'" to the "bark hugger" and the "large-headed stick."
'Murder hornets' eradicated, but officials say they'll keep 'an eye out' for more
Officials say they've eradicated northern giant hornets, nicknamed "murder hornets," after years of tracking the invasive giant wasps in Washington state.
Plastic-eating mealworms native to Africa discovered
Larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm found to feast on polystyrene then break it down in their guts.
Watch mesmerizing video of weird waves that 'shape life itself' inside a fly embryo
Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition.
Parasitic 'horror' wasp that bursts from a fly's abdomen like an 'Alien' xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts' abdomens while they're still alive.
Kamikaze termites blow themselves up with 'explosive' backpacks — and scientists just figured out how
Kamikaze termites in French Guiana carry highly volatile toxic "rucksacks" that are ready to be deployed in an instant, when the termite needs to defend its colony.
