A tiny larva laid inside rosebuds, laid by the false codling moth, is threatening flower supplies coming out of Kenya. © 2025 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights ...
A team of scientists discovered a species of blow fly (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae can infiltrate colonies of harvester termites in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco. The ...
Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the migration of larvae into soft tissues where they eventually calcify and form cysts. Here's a video I ...
A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X ...
The larvae have brown heads and white bodies with six legs up near the head. The other end of the larvae is often enlarged and darker. To tell them apart from other types of grubs, look at their ...
Some adult flies can mimic bees. The larval stage is an important early and late-season aphid predator. A single larva can feed on dozens of aphids a day. Adults are similar in size and color to wasps ...
The 'M' can look thick, thin or even broken in appearance. The immature larvae are alligator-like and appear similar to other lady beetle larvae. Larvae are blue to black with two orange stripes, and ...
This valuable study implicates a specific Wolbachia gene in driving the male-killing phenotype in a moth: This is a contribution to a growing body of literature from the authors in which they authors ...