The team discovered that red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) larvae perform best on rough, fibrous surfaces like paper and cardboard. On these substrates, the larvae use a wave-like walking pattern ...

The team discovered that red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) larvae perform best on rough, fibrous surfaces like paper and cardboard. On these substrates, the larvae use a wave-like walking ...

Spearheaded by a fourth-year undergraduate Bella Xu Ying, working with Drs Maarten Zwart and Stefan Pulver in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience; it established that red flour beetle larvae ...

CBP agriculture specialists at the Port Huron rail yard in Michigan found solid insect waste before discovering live beetle larvae. "Our nation's agriculture industry is constantly at risk from ...

A ladybug sitting on a green leaf is captured ... to pest management. The larvae, dubbed “aphid lions,” are particularly effective in devouring soft-bodied insects. They feed on aphids, caterpillars, ...

As the threat of the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle grows, state and county leaders are preparing to lead a discussion with the community in a meeting next week. Coconut rhinoceros beetles ...

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A research team at the University of Turku, Finland, has developed an innovative approach to replicating bioinspired microstructures found in plant leaf skeletons, eliminating the need for ...

“A week later, we found about four pounds of very dead, oozing, stinky, superworm larvae in our mailroom,” said Pénzes. Although she had a hunch that a virus might be to blame for the mass die-offs, ...

Female beetles lay eggs in cracks in the bark of weakened or fallen alder, maple, ash, oak and willow trees. The larva feed and tunnel into the heartwood and can be mistakenly brought into homes ...

J. Gould et al., “Diving beetle offspring oviposited in amphibian spawn prey on the tadpoles upon hatching,” Entomol Sci, 22:393–97, 2019. While studying the conservation of endangered amphibians ...

This is the first in a three-volume series providing a comprehensive treatment of Australian Longhorn Beetles. Coleoptera ... role in all terrestrial environments where plants are found. Larvae often ...