A remarkable fossilized larva has been discovered by scientists with its brain and guts still intact. The fossilized creature ...

Imagine peering into a still pond at dusk, the surface glassy and undisturbed—except for a few tiny, wriggling creatures ...

The life cycle of insects with complete metamorphosis includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs hatch to give rise to a worm-like larva. The larva feeds and molts (sheds exoskeleton, or outer skin, ...

Fall armyworms have spread throughout the world, destroying crops and evolving insecticide resistance. New research in Australia suggests fungi that attack the worms could be a promising pest control ...

(CNN) -- Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infested the country. Tens of millions of the worm-like larvae have appeared in the northern ...

Federica Bertocchini, from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), removed a batch of wax worms, the larvae of the common insect Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) from honeycombs in her ...

And the offspring develop rapidly: After eggs are laid on corn plants, the larvae are big enough to cause serious leaf damage in about a week, van den Berg said. The worm-like larvae are also ...

Schizocardium californicum as a larva, juvenile and adult. In the larval stage, S. californicum is little more than a swimming head. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...