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It’s no wonder that people who live close to the land, or have served in the military, or are in the early generations as Americans, seem to have the strongest ...
With its ample vegetation and hot, humid temperatures, Alabama is the perfect nesting ground for a wide variety of creatures. Suffice it to say that there are also some pretty big insects lurking in ...
Around 600,000 larvae of tiger shrimps, locally known as "sugpo," are currently stocked in two earthen ponds in Iloilo City.
Discover how an algae-based gel enhances coral restoration by attracting larvae to damaged reefs, increasing settlement rates by up to 20 times.
Galls shelter the larvae of the insects that made them grow, and they protect newborns from predators, parasitoids and adverse weather conditions.
A University of Idaho researcher documented an invasive darkling beetle from larvae infestations in the Treasure Valley. Here are some pest control tips.
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 ...
The students collected hellgrammites, the larva form of the dobsonfly, and larva of other invertebrates including the stone fly, damsel fly, mayfly and dragon fly. Finding these alive speaks to the ...