The dreaded NWS is a fly larva that burrows into its host, tearing flesh as it goes, often killing the animal en route to ...

I’ve tried to hold back on this announcement for as long as possible, but, I must now say with an appropriate sigh, I can’t ...

Dangerous mixtures: pesticides in combination can have unexpected effects on the development of honeybees. This is shown by a new study from the Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, in which the ...

Honeybees are social insects. Their colony only survives as a community, and healthy new generations are very important. It ...

Did you know diverse woodlands provide wonderful habitats for native pollinators? Minnesota has over 500 species of native bees and thousands of pollinators including bees, moths, butterflies, ants, ...

Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae may undergo as many as seven molts prior to pupation. There is typically one generation of adults per year, with a flight period from late February through May.

Larvae pass through three instars before becoming pupae. Following pupation, the adult fly emerges from the pupa. Blow fly and flesh fly development differs slightly; most blow flies typically ...

Yours was looking for a pupation site while Karl’s was feeding on the timber of the tree, where it can live for three or four years before leaving to pupate underground.

They fed all the flies a diet of cornmeal from the beginning of their development until they reached maturity (pupation).

Outside. the cycle takes two summer seasons for the full development of adults. Pupation takes place in the second spring. However, indoors, the whole cycle may complete in a year. The adults live ...