Recently, I had the opportunity to film the fascinating hunting behavior of a dragonfly larva. These larvae, belonging to the family Aeshnidae, are true masters of underwater predation.

which has been testing dragonfly larvae on federally protected lands across the country since 2009. The project aims to develop a greater understanding of the ways mercury moves through an ...

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

Once they adapt to air breathing, the larvae will climb onto a plant or reed and begin molting until an adult dragonfly is left. The life expectancy of a dragonfly varies depending on the species.

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X ...

Though dragonfly larvae were known to be eaten, he said there had been no evidence of the adults having been consumed raw. According to Watanabe, dragonfly larvae are an abundant source of protein ...

A team of scientists discovered a species of blow fly (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae can infiltrate colonies of harvester termites in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco. The ...

As health secretary, RFK Jr. said he would divest interests in several companies—including CRISPR Therapeutics and Dragonfly Therapeutics—within 90 days, according to a Jan. 21 disclosure ...

Watch turret spiders, wormlions, assassin bugs and dragonfly babies use stealth ... Because really, it’s not a worm at all. It’s a fly larva. It’ll turn into this: a fly that lives ...

It’s a larva-eat-larva world down here. Did you see that? Let’s slow it down. The nymph has a killer lip, called a labium. Remind you of this creepy thing? For this skimmer nymph it’s shaped like a ...

If you don't recognize what they are, no sweat. They are dragonfly babies, or more appropriately, dragonfly larvae (nymphs). As larvae, these insects are aquatic with 6 legs, large eyes, and small ...