Is it a fruit fly or drain fly hovering over the trash or the bowl of fruit? Or maybe a gnat drawn to an indoor plant? Spring weather in Houston makes homes and backyards inviting places for the bug ...

Beneficial hover flies are then attracted to feed on aphid larvae. This low-growing, sweetly scented annual is a pollinator magnet. Green lacewings are also attracted to this plant, and their ...

Bee-flies look adorable. Seeing the dark-edged bee-fly hover in mid-air, some people describe it as a tiny, fluffy, flying narwhale. It has a hairy little body and face, and a very long, straw-like ...

They swarm back yards and hover near lit windows. With large bodies and long, spindly legs, they look like monstrous mosquitoes. They are not. Crane flies, commonly known as mosquito hawks or even ...