ILOILO CITY – Around 600,000 larvae of tiger shrimps (Penaeus monodon), locally known as "sugpo," are currently stocked in two earthen ponds in Iloilo City. The shrimps ...

Discover how an algae-based gel enhances coral restoration by attracting larvae to damaged reefs, increasing settlement rates by up to 20 times.

To his surprise, weevil larvae were still hanging on inside. “This was both fantastic and intriguing!” Dr. Santos wrote in an email. “I was eager to understand how this was possible.” To ...

Larvae ‘disgusting’ and expensive for Boise-area residents The beetle Falcon-Brindis identified is considered invasive in the United States. It’s native to the Mediterranean, which has ...

Dobsonfly Larva Image via Pexels. Lurking quietly in ponds and slow-moving streams, the giant water bug is a true aquatic monster. Sometimes called “toe-biters” because of their painful bite, these ...

The larva also has tentacles around its body that mimic termite antennae, allowing the blowfly to trick termites it encounters at any side. R. Vila It is unclear how blowfly larvae end up in the ...

Although insects are a common food in the diet of Neotropical otters, the abundant presence of hellgrammites (dobsonfly larvae; Insecta, Megaloptera) had not been recorded before. Otters were found to ...

Rader showed pictures of the hellgrammite and its short-lived adult form, the dobsonfly. The hellgrammite is an intimidating-looking invertebrate that can grow to 4 inches long, serve as good fish ...