Scientists hope hungry black weevils imported from Louisiana can help tackle South Africa's invasive water plant problem.

Scientists in South Africa are using weevils to combat the invasive Salvinia plant threatening freshwater ecosystems ...

Thai edible insect business is booming. Can it inspire the world? Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon ...

Utilisation of BSF larvae could help to stem the expansion of damaging palm oil production, researchers from UK-based consultancy Tunley Environmental, claim in a new study. Cultivation of palm for ...

Palm oil production growth plummets to 1% from 7% Indonesia boosts biodiesel consumption, curbs exports Palm oil prices surge past soyoil amid tight supplies Biofuel demand to drive up vegoil ...

Mouth larvae are parasites that hatch and live inside the oral cavities of human and animal hosts. These pests can cause a dangerous infection called oral myiasis. This disorder rarely occurs in ...

The beech leaf-mining weevil isn't very big at only two millimetres in length. But Acadia University biology professor Kirk Hillier says it shouldn't be underestimated because of its size.

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 ...

Paleontologists have found three lacewing larvae with large forward-directed stemmata (eyes in holometabolans) in 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from Myanmar. These specimens demonstrate the ...

Spotta is also using its technology to monitor for pine weevils, which are a leading cause of tree mortality in Europe, and red palm weevils which are causing similar issues in the Middle East and ...