A new fly discovered in Thailand is the world's smallest. It is five times smaller than a fruit fly and tinier than a grain of salt (0.4 millimeters) in length — half the size of the smallest ...

Discover the world's smallest fly, Euryplatea nanaknihali, a parasitic phorid that preys on ants with its unique decapitating method.

While the majority of ants march rather than fly, those who can take to the skies have the unique opportunity to increase the territory where their species lives. Not all ants will survive this task.

An ant’s normal mode of locomotion is crawling. However, at certain times of the year, something remarkable happens. At certain times, some ants in the colony develop wings, leave the nest, and fly.

LiveScience: Add ants to the list of animals that can fly. In the rain forest, their newly discovered ability can be a lifesaver.

The velvet ant does not defend its nest with a small army of adults like other wasps do. In fact velvet ants are loners that can be seen in Missouri from about mid-July to mid-September.

Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at the University ...

September delivers cool nights and a change in the bugs that have been so prevalent for months. Hatches are waning, with some ...