Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe you're wondering why so many huge mosquito-looking bugs are flitting around your yard and getting in your house right now.

After Hurricane Florence, reports started rolling in of “giant mosquito” sightings – and bitings – throughout North Carolina. What’s going on with these mega mosquitoes that can be as big as a quarter ...

It’s likely that every Houstonian has encountered what appear to be giant mosquitoes in recent weeks, flying toward them and sneaking into homes uninvited. They're known as crane flies and they're not ...

It's spring in Texas and that means bluebonnets, baseball and unfortunately, bugs and this year crane flies are abundant. Often confused by new Texans for a Texas-sized mosquito or incorrectly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to humans and a plaything ...

"They are related to mosquitoes in that mosquitoes are also flies—both in the Order Diptera," Molly Keck. senior program specialist and integrated pest management entomologist for Texas A&M AgriLife, ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

This summer was among the worst for mosquitoes on the northshore, residents say, but now scientists have figured out a new reason the bugs may be multiplying more frequently. An invasive weed called ...

A study shows how an invasive plant can increase mosquito populations. Its decaying leaves help microbes grow, which feed ...