James Robert Riffle, age 84, of French Creek, WV passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at Holbrook Healthcare Center in Buckhannon, WV. He was born in French Creek, WV on June 13, 1940, a son of ...

The larval stage, also known as the grub, is usually the longest-lasting and most important part of the beetle’s lifespan. Identification is fairly easy. It has a big worm-like appearance with a ...

One of the world’s best insect undertakers is making a comeback. Populations of the American burying beetle, North America’s largest carrion beetle, have been decimated due mainly to habitat ...

June 29, 2022 — Larvae of longhorned beetles develop primarily in woody tissue, which is difficult for most organisms to digest. However, longhorned beetle larvae possess special enzymes to ...

It has wings and is resistant to cold. Female flour beetles can lay up to 500 eggs. The white larvae can reach up to 2.5 cm in length, easily hiding in products like flour or rice. These pests ...

Invasive species researchers are heralding a dip in the City of Vancouver's Japanese beetle population as a win after years-long efforts to stop the spread of the ravenous plant-munching bug.

Creeping eruption is a skin infection caused by hookworms. The infection is also called cutaneous larva migrans or sandworm disease. Creeping eruption causes severe itching, blisters, and a red ...

ALOR GAJAH, Jan 12 — Three million giant freshwater prawn larvae will be released in public waters around Melaka with the assistance of the Fisheries Department this year. Melaka Chief Minister Datuk ...

Khamis leads a team that found the larvae of Kenyan mealworm beetles eating through polystyrene, a common type of plastic, with the bacteria in their guts breaking down the material through digestion.