An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, ...

March fly larvae, which develop underground, are formidable predators. Equipped with venomous fangs, they actively hunt and subdue prey. Many beetle species visit flowers to feed on nectar and pollen, ...

But many other insects – including beetles, flies, moths and butterflies ... Hover flies are potential pollinators of several native plants. The larvae of many common hover fly species ...

Evidence of grubs (beetle larvae) often goes unnoticed until populations build to levels sufficient to kill grass roots, resulting in localized discolored patches in lawns and turf. Property ...

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 ...

The second adult beetle was found Tuesday in a trap at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority, also at the airport. Larvae of the invasive beetle were first detected on the Big Island in ...

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 ...

These wood-boring beetles fly to forest fires in great numbers and mate while the forest is still burning. Females then deposit their eggs under the bark. The eggs hatch into larvae that feast for ...

When the workers notice that that most of the spaces (comb) in the hive are starting to get filled up with honey, pollen, and larvae, they will communicate with the other workers in the hive with ...

Others are social, living among tens of thousands of their sisters, hive mates, and queen mother ... Most bees find their flowers or other bee larvae as prey by individual initiative.

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 ...