However, some predatory crane-fly larvae may eat mosquito larvae, hence the history of the name. There are many different species of crane flies, and they are almost impossible to tell apart.

In attacks that are too swift to be seen with the naked eye, predatory aquatic larvae, which measure about 0.75 inch (2 centimeters) long, launch their heads toward their victims like tiny ...

Mosquito larvae that grow up in water contaminated with plastic accumulate the litter in their bodies – and some of it remains there even after the larvae emerge as adult flies. The mosquitoes ...

When you think of nature’s deadliest hunters, mosquito larvae probably don’t come to mind. But new state-of-the-art footage captures the baby bloodsuckers using sophisticated hunting ...

Even arctic ice is choked with a record amount of the pollutant. In an effort to reduce microplastics, some countries including areas of the U.S. and the U.K., have banned microbeads found in ...

Like mosquitoes, these insects live in water or moist soil in their larval stage. Because they consume grasses and other plant matter as larvae, they can destroy the health and appearance of lawns ...

Easily dip-netted with a fine mesh net, gambusia are often overlooked as a free and ample source of live bait for bream and specks (crappie).

The increased number of mosquitoes flying around western Oregon this summer could have a potential unintended consequence: A spike in non-native fish released into home water features, public and ...

CORCORAN, Minn. – Enjoy this weather now without getting bitten, because the mosquitoes are coming. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) went out for its first day of larvae control ...

Mosquitoes may have a taste for human blood, but there’s one fish out there with a taste for them. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County is enlisting the eastern mosquito fish in … ...