#waxworm

[onenicebugperday]

@carpe-diem-cosplay submitted: My beloved buggies Banshee (Giant shield) and Boo-regard (Ghost) enjoying a tasty waxworm snack :) Do you have a favorite mantis species?

I do! Idolomantis diabolica is my favorite mantis species. Please tell Banshee and Boo-regard that I love them both deeply :)

[catball]

a secret message i have got to share with you.

NO FUCKING WAY

[usgsbiml]

Galleria mellonella - The waxworm.  The rather muscular and chiseled form of an introduced pest of bees nests.  In this case this bad boy was  found in a bumble bee nest that was built in a chickadee nest that the bumble bee queen had kicked out of the nestbox in suburban Maryland.  So it goes in nature.  Picture by Wayne Boo.  Waxworm wrangling by Desiree Narango.

[almondfeather]

I got Vanilja her favorite treat for her 11th birthday

[r0ckpools]

This just in: Green man looks out window.

[bristolshubunkin]

Snacking

[loftiiexotics]

i present: my crestie ‘eating’ her monthly treat, and me fucking losing it as a result

[webofgoodnews]

A very hungry caterpillar could rid the world of plastic bags

Around a trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year, of which a huge number find their way into the oceans or are discarded into landfill.

The waxworm, commonly found living in bee hives or harvested as fishing bait, proved it could eat its way through polyethylene, which is notoriously hard to break down, more than 1400 times faster than other organisms.

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