11. If your canes suddenly turn brown and die back, you could have ROSE CANE BORER, any insect larva that tunnels its way into the cane. 12. In contrast, nonpoisonous frogs like the brown Colostethus marchesianus had a more varied and less toxic diet that included spiders, termites, flies and insect larvae. 13. Insect larvae take apart the corpses of other insects, bit by bit, in a processing chain that ultimately benefits the plant itself. 14. Plant colonization is slow, and wildlife is pretty much limited to ducks and waterfowl that feed off swimming crustaceans and insect larvae. 15. Rats and insect larvae have been replaced by cow brains and intestines. 16. Some munch on decaying plant matter, insect larvae or small insects, while others love a nice chopped mealworm or snail part. 17. StarLink is engineered to produce a protein toxic to insect larvae. 18. Sprayed on plants, the germ is eaten by insect larva, forming crystals and paralyzing their digestion. 19. The flightless kiwi, a nocturnal and nearly blind inhabitant of New Zealand forests, detects worms and insect larvae in the leaf litter by smell. 20. The plant then delivers the protein that kills the pest by starving the insect larvae. |