However, scientists report that queen black garden ants (Lasius niger) eat offspring in a seemingly unappetizing state: when the larvae are infected with a fungus 1. By doing so, the queens ...

Hemp is emerging as a powerful ally in the fight against global insecticide resistance, with new research revealing that cannabidiol (CBD) — the same compound used to treat various ailments — can ...

petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects that induce the plant to produce abnormal growths, known as galls, that enclose the ...

This is having a huge ecosystem impact and the native birds have been declining.’ Adult wasps don’t eat the prey they kill - they feed it to their young, known as larvae. Social species capture ...

Leatherjackets are the grey, legless larvae of crane flies, or daddy-longlegs (Tipula spp.) There are several species that eat the roots of grasses and other plants but many feed on organic matter and ...