Armyworms in the caterpillar stage are the larvae of moths, and they are crazy surface feeders. They move through lawns in large groups, devouring blades of grass and leaving behind brown lawn ...

Unfortunately, though, controlling a moth problem isn't quite that simple, and the mothballs could actually be more harmful ...

As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements—and their geographic range is ...

and the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). It is the immature larvae, rather than the adult moths, that cause the damage to natural fibres such as woollen clothing, upholstery, carpets and ...

The Berlaymont Palace has given the green light to the marketing of powdered whole Tenebrio molitor larvae (also known as yellow mealworms) treated with UV rays, which has been included in a ...

Federica Bertocchini, from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), removed a batch of wax worms, the larvae of the common insect Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) from honeycombs in her ...

Pharmaceutical giant Kowa Co. said it has created an exceptionally durable and environmentally friendly new textile from the gossamer silk of bagworm moth larvae. In its Nov. 20 announcement ...