Mayflies don't bite and adults only live for a day, but you don't want to get stuck in a swarm. Here's what to know about the ...

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 larva or grubs of the beetle sit a few centimetres under the soil and chew through roots of grasses, ornamental plants and vegetables. “I find some (larva) every year, mostly in my raised ...

The Bebb Herbarium is a member of the Texas-Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH) which has consolidated their plant collections into a online database. Developing a comprehensive resource ...

Females release chemicals called aggregation pheromones — inviting other beetles to come to that tree — and then eat tunnels (galleries) into the inner bark to lay eggs. Newly hatched larvae eat ...

Approximately two weeks after introducing adult beetles, all of the dispersing larvae that were ready to pupate from each breeding box were collected and allocated to a small, individual pupation box.

the pair begins to defend it from other burying beetles and competing scavengers. They then will bury the carcass in the soil, removing all fur or feathers from the body. The female lays 12-18 eggs ...