Those weevils aren't tossed into the river by accident: scientists hope that the insects and their larvae will munch their ...

They're being hurled in the dam so the weevils and their larvae can munch their way through the Salvinia damaging the tissue ...

It didn't take her long to realise it was moths and their larvae. And they weren't just contained in a cupboard — they were everywhere. Ms Gallagher, along with her friends Maree Whittaker and ...

To keep sea lampreys at bay, technicians apply a chemical to streams in the spring to kill their larvae before they can spawn. "This is not something we do because we think bad things can happen. We ...

Courtesy photo Alfalfa weevil eggs are laid inside alfalfa stems in the fall and spring. Larvae feed on terminal and upper plant leaves early in the spring, resulting in damage occurring before ...

The moth pollinates the flowers, and in return, the yucca provides the moth larvae with food. "If larval stages of insects are too responsive to early spring heat waves, they may be more ...

The larvae feed on the roots of the plant and are only noticeable when the crop is pulled up. They are small (up to 5mm long) white grubs with no legs and brown heads, that look very like vine-weevil ...

The adults emerge in July and are grayish-brown moths marked with white and black spots and a black ... The eggs hatch in about 10 days and the very tiny light brown larvae (2 mm) wander briefly and ...

However, there are few adult weevils (Figure 2) and larvae seen in the fields which could be attributed to the intermittent cool weather. On close inspection, tiny shot-holes (Figure 3) were evident ...

Plants are at the trophic base of terrestrial ecosystems, and the diversity of plant species in an ecosystem is a principle determinant of community structure. This may arise from diverse functional ...