The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

If you want to get the most accurate minimum time since death, [it's] usually the blow flies that are the most important insects because they're the first insects to be attracted to the body and ...