But a large variety of insects can pollinate flowers. This arum has opted instead to attract flesh flies and carrion beetles, which polish off dead animals. The corpse flower’s reddish-purple ...

This flesh-eating fly, known as the lucille moth, is wreaking havoc on the American continent, particularly in South America. Every year, the meat-eating fly claims hundreds of millions of human ...

Contrary to other flies which feed on dead flesh and occasionally infest a putrid wound, the Cochliomyia screw-worm maggots are unusual because they attack healthy tissue. According to technical ...