Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever come home from the beach with a large, painful bug bite? Or perhaps several? The greenhead fly was probably to blame, and — ...

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 ...

IPSWICH – Katherine DeSilva, being of otherwise sound mind and body, wants everyone to know that she loves greenhead flies. “Fanatic” is the word she likes to use. And on a recent day, she walked into ...

Good morning. I’m reporter Billy Baker. I usually cover the North Shore, but for a few days this week, I’m guest-writing Starting Point. Today, I’ll end my stint by exploring my hatred of Satan’s ...