If we aren’t allowed to treat most of the properties in the infested areas, it is only a matter of time before it is too late ...

Its name is partly inspired by its crimson color. The "worm moon" component originated from Indigenous tribes, who noticed the emergence of beetle larvae resembling worms around the same time as the ...

Beetle larvae, or grubs, are omnivorous and likely scavenge on meat as well as debris of plants. This means they have an important role in moving nutrients throughout the forest ecosystem to ...

They are the first coconut rhinoceros beetles found outside the Waikoloa area since larvae of the invasive beetle were found for the first time in October 2023 on the Big Island in Waikoloa.

Coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae was first found on the island in October 2023, with several subsequent captures of adult beetles but no further detections of larvae. The total number of adult ...

Yet some insect larvae are predators, and a small number of these have developed highly efficient imaging systems out of simple stemmata. “The adults and pupae of holometabolan insects — beetles, bees ...

(24) This study aimed to determine the toxicity of synthetic HAP nanoparticles as a nanobased pesticide against the cowpea beetle, C. maculatus, one of the main damaging pests of cowpea grains.

Goliathus cacicus is the smaller of the two giant beetle species; it's up to 95mm long (normally 60–84mm) and lives only in mature rainforests.Goliathus regius can grow up to 105mm long ...

was used to capture images of the investigated spruce stands weekly during June 2023. These were used to compute the reflectance of all single trees, derive vegetation indices, and then compare these ...

Females release chemicals called aggregation pheromones — inviting other beetles to come to that tree — and then eat tunnels (galleries) into the inner bark to lay eggs. Newly hatched larvae eat ...

The Bebb Herbarium is a member of the Texas-Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH) which has consolidated their plant collections into a online database. Developing a comprehensive resource ...