Insect found in Lancaster County not ash borer, official says - WGAL
23 May 2012, 9:04 am
The emerald ash borer is a small bug that devastates ash trees. At a half-inch long, the bug's larva preys on all types of ash trees. The bug was first discovered in the U.S. in Michigan in 2002. People who suspect they have seen the Emerald Ash Borer ...

Fruit trees in Terrace? No problem - Terrace Standard
22 May 2012, 1:09 pm
These little flies burrow into the immature green fruit and deposit eggs that hatch into a white larva that shows up in the ripe fruit. Controlling these little guys is not easy or cheap. If you want to control cherry fruit fly organically ...

Sheep can reduce the number of sawfly in stubble fields - Prairie Star
22 May 2012, 1:34 am
According to Patrick Hatfield, a professor from the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at Montana State University, sheep can be used to increase the morbidity of sawfly larva. Hatfield presented the results of an ongoing study to those in ...

Forest industry bracing for budworm outbreak - CBC
21 May 2012, 12:27 pm
We've seen an increase of the larva count of budworm,” Arsenault said. “We've actually found larva counts in the Madawaska — northeastern part of New Brunswick — so we're very aware that there's a potential for another outbreak.” Arsenault said ...

The Glowing Spider-Worms of New Zealand - Scientific American
21 May 2012, 9:07 am
You begin to inch higher and higher. Above you glows a star. Except now, too late, you see that the star is actually a lure attached to the back end of a very hungry larva. A larva, in fact, who is hauling up its sticky trap to eat you.

Archive, 22 May 1912: Cistern provides home for beetle colony - The Guardian
20 May 2012, 4:32 pm
Its name is Attagenus pellio, and it is said to feed upon furs, skins, and natural history specimens. Its larva is a quaint hairy thing, with a shaving-brush tuft of hair at the end of its tail, which aids it in its spasmodic and irregular movements.

Coors Light goes down slightly better than a Prometheus alien larva - io9.com
19 May 2012, 12:08 pm
Why would you use an Alien universe movie to market anything you would ingest? Coors Light has taken the chance that you might associate its beer with edible alien larvae with this co-branded Prometheus TV spot. I just hope that the doomed members of the ...

Brain Tapeworms Cause Neurocysticercosis, A Creepily Common Parasitic Disease (PHOTO) - Huffington Post
18 May 2012, 12:52 pm
Though the larva is now inside the human body, it still thinks it's inside the pig. Confusion ensues. It flows through the bloodstream and gets stuck inside fluid-filled cavities in the brain, then latches on and masks itself from the immune system.

Tie Talk: Tying the Banksia Bug (Step-by-Step Photos) - Field and Stream (blog)
15 May 2012, 10:54 am
"I began tying this fly to imitate the masses of free-living caddis larva in all my home waters here in Colorado and elsewhere in trout streams all over the West. I have rarely found good commercially available flies that can fill this niche.

Jewel Caterpillar, Transparent larva Looks Unreal (PICTURES) - huffingtonpost.co.uk
9 May 2012, 7:19 am
Looking not unlike a gummy sweet or an astonishingly accurate CG concoction, this jewel caterpillar is one of mother nature’s wildcards. The incredible image was submitted to Project Noah, an online wildlife platform for “citizen scientists” by scuba ...