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Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.
The team discovered that red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) larvae perform best on rough, fibrous surfaces like paper and cardboard. On these substrates, the larvae use a wave-like walking pattern ...
The team discovered that red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) larvae perform best on rough, fibrous surfaces like paper and cardboard. On these substrates, the larvae use a wave-like walking ...
Spearheaded by a fourth-year undergraduate Bella Xu Ying, working with Drs Maarten Zwart and Stefan Pulver in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience; it established that red flour beetle larvae ...
Hedgehogs eat beetles, worms and slugs, but they can also take the eggs and chicks of ground-nesting birds. This includes the predation of birds who have since seen “severe declines ...
“Nothing that we’re doing is bizarre or illegal,” he explained. “Heads come into this place, and they have these flesh-eating beetles […] they literally eat every molecule of flesh off of these things ...
However, the new research highlights a limitation of pitfall traps: they often miss a significant number of predatory beetle larvae, leading to an underestimation of their role as natural pest ...
How do you take apart a whale? With flensing knives, meat hooks, plastic sleds and a crowd of people. On Thursday, dozens of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage mudflats to cut apart the 47-foot ...
The Hercules Beetles, also known as Dynastes Hercules, is not only the largest beetle on the planet – but also one of the most unique. Their impressive size, striking colors, and formidable horns make ...