Michigan's state parks, lakes and campsites in the Upper Peninsula will be lively over the Fourth of July weekend, and many people will be swarmed by the region's notorious biting flies ready to crash ...

Black flies, also called buffalo gnats or turkey gnats, are known to bite people during the day — particularly around the neck and head, leaving skin itchy and swollen. Black fly season lasts from ...

Experts with the Ohio State University Extension report there are over a thousand species of Robber Flies in North America, ...

Be on the lookout for an especially nasty and tenacious biting insect pest – the horse fly – as it hunts for its next blood meal. Despite the name, horse flies are not host-specific to horses. They ...

Black flies are small, gnat-like insects that swarm and bite, causing itchy welts. Peak black fly season in Michigan is mid-May to mid-June, primarily in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower ...

(CNN) — Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly. Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly ...

Black flies are small, biting insects prevalent in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, especially near rivers and streams. While peak season is over, they remain active throughout the summer, particularly on ...