Finally, to see if the process can scale, the researchers showed that a homogenate of wax moth larvae could digest PE sheets. This could lead to an industrial process if the enzymes involved can ...

If you were asked to select five insects that have most profoundly altered humanity since Homo sapiens first fashioned tools ...

and the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). It is the immature larvae, rather than the adult moths, that cause the damage to natural fibres such as woollen clothing, upholstery, carpets and ...

Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae, travelling 4,500 miles from a tropical jungle in ...

It is believed two clearwing moths accidentally hitched a ride when they were still larvae inside a photographer’s boot bag, travelling 4,500 miles from a tropical jungle in Guyana before ending ...

It is native to Guyana, South America. The photographer had brought the moth's larvae with her in her suitcase. The larvae had hatched and pupated in the suitcase during the journey. When the ...

Some species are not passive defenders, and their caterpillar larvae are armed with stinging or irritating hairs/setae to discourage predators. Three notable, native silk moths found in our region ...

Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behaviour is also disturbed outside the cone of light.

Anna Purtell et al, Altered Heat-Avoidance Behavior Following Damage to the Extended Architecture of Mexican Jumping Bean Moth Larvae (Cydia saltitans), Journal of Insect Behavior (2024). DOI: 10. ...

Another silk moth defensive behavior is “playing dead” by dropping to the ground, folding its wings and curling its abdomen upward while lying on its back. Some species are not passive defenders, and ...