To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

Mayflies don't bite and adults only live for a day, but you don't want to get stuck in a swarm. Here's what to know about the mayfly insect.

The larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) are considered a promising source of sustainable protein, as they contain high-quality protein comparable to soy protein. They can produce this ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as ...

What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber – insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. All fossils are time capsules. But unlike many other finds ...

Elaina O’Brien ran back to staff housing on a busy morning at the Camp Denali lodge last Friday to grab the radio she’d forgotten at her cabin. She looked down at the flagstone path, and what she saw ...

But the past decade has shown that even if you build an insect farm, the global market may not come. Of the 20 or so largest ...

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Hundreds of live insect larvae concealed among a shipment of plastic flowers from Kenya was intercepted at a New York airport earlier this month. Agriculture specialists with U.S.

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...