If your kitchen has been invaded by a swarm of fruit flies in recent weeks, you're not alone. They can typically be found hovering over trash cans and sinks from late summer to mid-fall most years, ...

Those tiny pests are gross, but are they harmful to your health?

When I was able to get through the entire month of June without seeing a single fruit fly in my home, I assumed I’d dodged the common summer problem this year. But then in early July, I noticed a ...

When my house suddenly filled with flies two years ago, I didn’t know how to handle the problem. I made sure every screen was secure, thoroughly cleaned my house to make sure there was nothing out to ...

Three insect pests have come to my attention in recent days and bear mentioning here. The first of these is the Oriental fruit fly. The adult is a bit larger than the common housefly, except that it’s ...

There’s a pest control trick that some Americans have long been using to repel flies, and it involves a handful of pennies, water, plastic bags and sometimes string. Residents of the southern U.S.