Left: A photograph of the 'rainbow' weevil, with the rainbow-colored spots on its thorax and elytra (wing casings). Right: A microscope image of the rim of a single rainbow spot, showing the ...

Rice weevils lay their eggs inside grains - most commonly rice - but they can infest any whole kernel grain." Even with proper food storage and inspection standards, something the USDA is ...

While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home.

The Grain Weevil powered by JLI Robotics is a mobile robot that scurries across the top of the grain inside of a storage bin performing tasks that no human should ever do. The startup Is led by ...