The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will ...

Winter cutworm, or Noctua pronuba, is different from true armyworm, said Amy Needham, the ACRD's sustainability planner. True ...

Farmers in the Alberni Valley are on edge after elevated numbers of winter cutworm larvae were discovered in fields last fall. However, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) officials are saying ...

Fall armyworm (S. frugiperda, FAW) eggs were purchased from Benzon Research (Carlisle, PA, United States) and maintained in laboratory conditions. FAW larvae fed on maize leaves (cv. B73) were used ...

“TELA maize is engineered with a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene, which produces proteins toxic to the fall armyworm larvae but harmless to humans and other animals. When the larvae feed on TELA ...

Once FAW larvae are bigger and move into the whorl of the plant, identification and, if necessary, control, become more difficult," Mills says. It is also important not to confuse FAW with other maize ...

Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the migration of larvae into soft tissues where they eventually calcify and form cysts. Here's a video I ...

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X.

The cycle of abuse includes four stages—tension building, abuse, reconciliation, and calm—that allow abusers to control their victims through fear and manipulation. This pattern can trap victims and ...