Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East Africa, billions of lake fly larvae ...
A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, a new study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ...
The larva eats leaves. It becomes a pupa, and then—it becomes a butterfly.Why do insects change their form so drastically ...
A year of scat analysis on Mexico's El Despoblado River shows Neotropical otters deriving over half their diet from dobsonfly ...
What zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber -- insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient ...
Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect themselves from predators 100 million years ago. Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were ...
A new study profiles the volatile organic compounds released during black soldier fly larvae rearing, revealing that larval ...
A study of the rolling motion of fruit-fly larvae has enabled researchers to create a soft robot that can rotate by itself. Maggots as robot models. Insect larvae, such as those of the fruit fly (also ...