This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Introduction: Accurate species identification and biodiversity assessment of larval fish are essential for effective management and conservation of fisheries resources, as it allows for the estimation ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

The jellyfish is a useful model organism for studies to help understand early multicellular animals, due to the relative simplicity of the larva and their evolutionary position as an outgroup to ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

Given that the orientations of the samples varied under SEM, we could only record the samples for which the dorsal side could be discriminated. We confirmed that at least five larvae showed ...

A South Australian business is using black soldier fly larvae to convert food waste into pet food and products for the agriculture industry. Now the business has partnered with a local grape ...

A crane fly lays eggs in low-lying areas near water, which hatch as larvae. These larvae are called leather jackets and are brown or gray and cylinder-shaped. They have finger-like projections on ...

June bugs are clumsy flyers and often run into walls and windows with a thud. In the larval (grub) stage, they are 3/4 to 1 3/4 inches long, and their bodies curve into a C shape at rest.