“one worm’s trash is another worm’s treasure.” As scientists continue to explore the incredible potential of these plastic-eating larvae, the hope is that this small insect will inspire a ...
Lesser mealworm larvae chewing through polystyrene to test their efficacy at battling the plastic pollution issue. Springer Nature They specifically found that the worm, which is the pupae of an ...
Correspondence to: Dr R M Shinkar Department of Paediatrics, James Paget Hospital, Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA, UK; rmshinkar1921yahoo.com Cutaneous larva migrans is the most ...
callipaeda larvae into the animals’ eyes,” Cooke explained. “Once inside an eye, the larvae develop into adult worms that reproduce, creating new larvae that are ready to be ingested and transmitted ...
There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been ...
Worms could be the answer to the plastic waste ... acid masks with wheat bran and fed the blend to mealworms – the larvae of tenebrionidae, or darkling beetles. They found that a group of ...
African plastic-eating worms can digest plastic. Credit: Scientific Reports / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Scientists have found a surprising helper in dealing with plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. This beetle ...
Editor's note: This post originally published on May 9 and has been updated. "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were ...