Screwworm parasites are getting closer and closer to the U.S. border. The parasites primarily infect cows. Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly ...

When one species is genetically similar to another species, their populations can often be mistaken for one and the same. This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail ...

A mosquito larva launches its head to capture prey dangled in front of it. Hancock et al. via Annals of the Entomological Society of America Scientists have long known that predatory mosquito larvae ...

Few insects strike greater fear into the hearts of orchard-owners than rosy apple aphids. These tiny bugs feed on the leaves of apple trees, draining them of nutrients. Their saliva, meanwhile, ...

Black soldier fly larvae devour food waste and other organic matter and are made of 60% protein, making them an attractive sustainable food source in agriculture. But increasingly, black soldier ...

Video originally published in Hancock et al 2022, Annals of the Entomological Society of America Video originally published in Hancock et al 2022, Annals of the Entomological Society of America ...

"The maggots eat consumer food waste and are fed to the chicken and fish in turn. It's a win-win all around." So we eat chicken and fish that eat larva that eat garbage. I don't feel like much of a ...

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New ...

The larvae of lacewings, of which there are thousands of species, devour just about everything in their path, experts said. De Agostini via Getty Images The delicate-looking flying insects could be ...

Mouth larvae are parasites that hatch and live inside the oral cavities of human and animal hosts. These pests can cause a dangerous infection called oral myiasis. This disorder rarely occurs in ...