U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted "rare and potentially destructive" fruit fly larvae from the Detroit Metro Airport that could have had a detrimental impact on agriculture if ...

Larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm found to feast on polystyrene then break it down in their guts. The finding could be particularly useful in combating plastic pollution in Africa, the ...

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 ...

The larvae were fed either polystyrene alone, bran (a nutrient-dense food) alone, or a combination of polystyrene and bran. We found that mealworms on the polystyrene-bran diet survived at higher ...