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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

From photos the homeowner sent, the pests looked to be wireworms, larvae of a family of beetles common in Idaho. Falcon-Brindis, an entomologist, was ready to reply to the woman and leave the ...

This study is based on a total of 3,481 specimens (Figure 2). The specimens were either stored in the Canadian National Collect of Insects (CNC) or on loan from the Center for Biodiversity Genomics ...

2005). Dutra (2003) studied cases of bovine intoxication caused by ingestion of sawfly larvae, and reported on the biology of Perreyia flavipes Konow (Hymenoptera: Pergidae). Smith & Janzen (2003) ...