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 ...

In general, larvae of Neuroptera are predators of small invertebrates and occur in distinct types of habitats, like soil, under rocks, on vegetation, burrowed in sand, associated with hosts like ...

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 ...

The larva of Indophanes barbara does not build ... They come under Order Neuroptera, which includes holometabolous insects while the damselflies come under Order Odonata, which includes ...

The Indonesian government will resume a controversial policy of exporting lobster larvae, initially just to Vietnam, in exchange for investment in its own lobster-farming industry. The ban has met ...

The green lacewing, Mallada basalis (Walker) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), has a broad prey range and effective searching abilities. Because rearing procedures based on natural or factitious foods for ...

Common furniture beetles, also known as Anobium punctatum, produce larvae that tunnel into wood. Once inside, these larvae, referred to as woodworms, will eat the wood until they become adults in a ...

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 ...