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UDST students’ research highlights benefits of black soldier fly farming

The Peninsula 15 Apr 2025
The BSF larvae have the capacity to rapidly degrade organic biowaste that is produced by markets, food industries and restaurants, thereby reducing the amount of waste going to the landfills.
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What to do about cottony cushion scale, a common pest of citrus

Redlands Daily Facts 15 Apr 2025
Q ... Usually, they can be found on new twiggy growth at the base of leaf petioles ... The beetle’s larvae look fierce with their red and black, spiky-edged shells, but they have the appetite of a teenage boy, so if you see them, don’t kill them ... .
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Dead bees are a symptom of modern farming

Korea Times 14 Apr 2025
It’s a recurring disaster that can seem like a biblical plague. bees cropping up covered in parasites, with deformed wings, or slaughtering their own larvae ... As many as 70 percent of U.S.
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Studying the insects migrating through Cyprus

Famagusta Gazette 14 Apr 2025
One study showed that the larvae of just 50 houseflies (Musca domestica), – the very ecologically similar and equally abundant ... Hoverfly larvae eat trillions of aphids each year in southern England.
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Charred Tiger Carcass Found Near Irai Dam, T-24 Feared Dead

The Times of India 14 Apr 2025
Burnt larvae found on the carcass further supported the theory that the fire broke out after the tiger's death.Earlier, on March 31, a grassland fire had spread to the Irai Dam area after a farmer ...
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Crane fly? Big mosquito? These giant bugs are everywhere in Oklahoma. Here's what they are

The Oklahoman 14 Apr 2025
Prepare for the seasonal shift of bugs. Experts are identifying a lineup of insects to keep an eye out for this summer ... Before they emerge from the ground, crane fly larvae (sometimes called leatherjackets) munch on things like plant roots ...
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Garden Help Desk: Oozing from stone fruit trees likely caused by borer

Provo Daily Herald 13 Apr 2025
The borer is the larva of a clearwing moth that looks more like a wasp. Eggs are laid on the lower trunks and roots of stone fruit trees (peach, cherry, apricot, plum) and the larvae burrow into the bark as soon as they’ve hatched.
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‘Often-overlooked’ infection can increase cervical cancer risk — and it definitely causes bladder cancer

New York Post 13 Apr 2025
The infection usually kicks off when microscopic larvae — courtesy of freshwater snails — burrow into your skin during a dip in contaminated water ... One inside the body, the larvae grow into adult worms ...
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to flipping more than $13M of digital art from infamous NFT ...

New York Post 13 Apr 2025
He got rich off pixelated punks — and punked the Internal Revenue Service in the process ... REUTERS ... The omission allegedly cost the IRS over $3.2 million in unpaid taxes ... An NFT titled “CryptoPunk 7523” by Larva Labs on display. Getty Images.
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Palm Beach hidden gem offers a nature escape at the center of Midtown

Pensacola News Journal 13 Apr 2025
“I want people to interact with the garden in subtle and direct ways.” ... The garden's coonties also are the host plant for the larvae of the atala butterfly, a native species famed for its iridescent black-and-white speckled coloration ... in Palm Beach.
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Outdoors: Butterflies bring happiness, magic

San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Apr 2025
Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” — Robert A. Heinlein ... It was not just the youngsters who were beaming ... Butterflies are magic ... When larvae are hatched, they are reared under protected conditions and then released at suitable locations ... .
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‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees

AOL 13 Apr 2025
Related ... De Carteret, a retired police forensic officer, said hornets will typically “butcher” this prey by biting off their heads, wings, legs and abdomens so that their thoraxes – a source of protein – can be fed to the queen’s larvae ... .
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NKDA launches comprehensive vector control drive in New Town canals.

The Times of India 12 Apr 2025
The measures include drone surveys, scooping of larvae ... As part of the canal-focused vector control drive, mosquito larvae and pupae are scooped out daily using insect-collecting nets along canal banks.
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Spring mosquito aerial treatment set to begin in Saginaw County

Michigan Live 12 Apr 2025
The multi-day effort aims to reduce spring mosquito populations by targeting larvae in seasonally flooded woodlands across the county, according to officials ... larvae, blackflies and fungus gnats.
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4 real-life zombie parasites that make The Last of Us look tame

New Atlas 12 Apr 2025
When it hatches, the larva will bite into its gracious host and start snacking on the fluids inside – but it doesn’t kill the spider straight away. The wasp larva starts to control the spider’s behavior, coaxing it to build a different type of web.
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