Posts Tagged: wax moth

It's National Moth Week!

It's National Moth Week! The event, which runs through Sunday, celebrates "the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths," according to its...

Wax moth larvae and a hive beetle (top left). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wax moth larvae and a hive beetle (top left). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An infestation of wax moth larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An infestation of wax moth larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sneaky Moth

The female Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) is a sneaky creature.She flies around bee hives at night and when the opportunity presents...

A DEAD MOTH, a Greater Wax Moth, collected outside a bee hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

THIS FROZEN FRAME from a hive near Winters, Calif., shows wax moth larvae and a small hive beetle (black insect on the top left). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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