In research published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management, University of Delaware graduate student Ben Sammarco, UD faculty member Michael Crossley and the University of Georgia’s Nancy ...

Learn about the four stages of a mealworm's life cycle (egg, larva, pupa, adult darkling beetle) with Krystal Balmes and Sahil from the Brooklyn Preschool of Science. Let's Learn is available to ...

It didn’t take long after arriving at the San Diego Botanic Garden before Grace Leatherbury decided she definitely wanted to eat the sauteed mealworms. Mealworms — the larval form of the mealworm ...

Five years ago I wrote "In mid-June and with no forewarning my patio was invaded by an army of insects. One weekend I was entertaining friends and toddlers in the backyard and the next weekend I was ...

Darkling beetles are back, marching north across Tri-Cities sidewalks and roadways, particularly in places where residential neighborhoods meet undeveloped land in south Kennewick and Richland. Each ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A primary infection by a parasite may indicate a higher risk of being reinfected in the near future (since infection may indicate that enemies ...

Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm. Researchers have learned that the ...

Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, a Mediterranean darkling beetle, has been documented in Idaho for the first time by University of Idaho entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis. Opatroides punctulatus ...

Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary tale of one of Earth’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Insects can be turned into meat-like flavors, helping provide a more environmentally ...