The animal kingdom can be even stranger than fiction. Case in point: a larva that looks more like it was made-for-TV than anything you might stumble upon in real life. Instagram account ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 23, 2020) Pesticide spray drift from adjacent farmlands expose butterfly larvae to lethal pesticide concentrations, according to research published in Environmental ...

Lycaenid butterfly larvae, which are in a symbiotic relationship with ants, can control the effect of dopamine by supplying the ants with nectar, new research shows. The results of this study provide ...

Parasitic butterfly larvae may mimic ants' acoustic signals to aid in the infiltration of their host colonies. Ants aggressively defend their colonies and nests, so successfully that these locations ...

Summer is butterfly time, as the pretty winged creatures flit through the air like flower petals whisked aloft by the breeze. Ancient Greeks derived the idea of a soul, called a psyche, based on a ...

Incredibly detailed scenes of larva brains, butterfly scales and mini-crustacean claws — all captured through light microscopes — took some of the top prizes in the 2012 Olympus BioScapes competition, ...

Q. I have a hop tree for giant swallowtail butterfly larvae. It has whiteflies. Will insecticidal soap kill the butterfly larvae? J.C., A. Insecticidal soap will not harm people or animals, but it is ...

I want to start a butterfly garden. How do I begin? This was a recent question for the Master Gardener Volunteer Yard Review Team. Normally, the yard review covers the nine Florida-Friendly ...

This news release is available in Japanese. Project Assistant Professor HOJO Masaru of Kobe University, Graduate School of Science, and joint research groups at the University of the Ryukyus and ...