In this paper, we present the tool LARVA, for the runtime verification of properties of Java programs, including real-time properties. Properties can be expressed in a number of notations, including ...

The property’s tenant, Andrew Porter, has revealed he was using the highly flammable product to insulate and heat one shed as part of a soldier fly larvae breeding enterprise aiming to supply ...

A survey on larvae of Japanese wasps revealed that not only is their diet more diverse than previously thought, it also showed that wild colonies prey on more species of vertebrates than had been ...

Abstract: Objective: Zebrafish larva heart microinjection is a widely used technique in cardiac disease study. Compared with intensively researched rotation control of spherical or nearly spherical ...

This paper presents a five years survey of endoparasitoids obtained from the larvae of frugivorous Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae flies. The insects were reared from cultivated and wild fruits collected ...

Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae representatives present a broad array of fly species whose larvae use the pulp of fruits or even other plant tissues as substrate for their development. However, because ...

But why would mussels put on so much pageantry to get their larvae, or glochidia, out into the world? For one, glochidia live for mere hours, or two days at most, says M. Christopher Barnhart ...

It’s part of an effort to curb the spread of New World screwworm, a flesh-burrowing larva that can be fatal to animals and devastate cattle herds. The parasite was detected in Mexican farms as ...

The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans. The parasite enters animals' skin, causing severe damage and ...

Concerns over a flesh-eating parasite have led U.S. officials to halt all imports of live cattle, horses and bison across the Southern border. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the ...

Adding insult to injury, clothes moths (or, more precisely, their larvae, which we’ll get to later) prefer fibers of animal origin, including wool, mohair, cashmere, fur, and feathers—in other ...