Discover the antlion larvae, a fascinating predator that creates deadly sand traps to catch unsuspecting insects. Learn how ...

Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East Africa, billions of lake fly larvae ...

A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, a new study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ...

Black soldier flies' larvae are remarkably efficient decomposers, capable of turning a wide range of organic materials into ...

Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect themselves from predators 100 million years ago. Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were ...

What zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber -- insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient ...

For years, scientists have believed one major reason insects are almost absent from the ocean is simple physics: their air-filled bodies would collapse under deep-water pressure. But a tiny insect ...

Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use ...

What LMU zoologists have discovered in samples of ancient amber – insect larvae with unusual morphologies and larvae of early flying insects. All fossils are time capsules. But unlike many other finds ...