One of the many benefits of living in Santa Barbara County is the ability to grow citrus trees in your backyard. There is nothing like making fresh-squeezed orange juice (or a margarita for that ...

They are annoying, pesky and won’t leave you alone. They look like little bees. Most people think they are sweat bees because of their black and yellow stripes but they don’t sting despite their ...

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...

If you live in the Miami Valley and have been outdoors lately, chances are you have been swatting hover or syrphid flies. They are not the same as sweat bees. In 2018, as I was preparing to drive to a ...

A clear plastic container holding watery yellow-brown termite faeces has pride of place in the office of dipterologist, John Midgley, at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in South Africa. He often searches the ...