From photos the homeowner sent, the pests looked to be wireworms, larvae of a family of beetles common in Idaho. Falcon-Brindis, an entomologist, was ready to reply to the woman and leave the ...

IT has been known for a long time that the application of a ligature posterior to the brain in the larva of the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala Meig., prevents the pupation of the posterior ...

Calliphora nigribasis; larval growth La familia Calliphoridae ... Rearing allows the entomologist to make more positive species identifications, particularly with fly larvae as definitive species ...

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...

When we lifted a stone we found a termite mound with three fly larvae that we had never seen before. The water had probably flooded the deeper layers of the nest and the larvae had emerged onto ...

Farms for Orphans targets malnutrition in DRC's orphans Palm weevil larvae meals provide protein NGO wants to ramp up commercial production of the larvae Farms for Orphans produces 300kg of larvae ...

Indonesia has called for Singapore’s commitment to shut its borders to illegal exports of lobster larvae. Indonesia has since 2021 banned exports of wild-caught lobster larvae, but Singapore ...

The larvae of mayflies, for example, spend almost a year in the shallow shore zones of standing waters before they come ashore for a few days as adult flies. These so-called semi-aquatic insects ...

The little grub is actually found in mezcal, an alcohol also made from the agave plant, but distilled differently than tequila. Francisco Galarza via Unsplash For some, it’s a reward. For others ...

A nasal botfly larva lodged in the nostril of a recently-killed spike buck. Natalie Krebs You think you’ve seen it all as a hunter. Gut-shot messes, engorged-tick infestations, predator-shredded ...

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, new research shows. Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to ...