As with many scientific discoveries, learning about the useful and unexpected eating habits of the larval stage of the Greater Wax Moth Galleria mellonella can be chalked up to serendipity.

A solution to the plastic pollution problem might exist within the eating habits and digestive machinations of Galleria mellonella, also known as the ‘great wax moth.’ It was discovered—by ...

L'Infection microbienne et l'immunité chez la mite des abeilles, Galleria Mellonella. (Monographies de l'lnstitut Pasteur.) Par S. Metalnikov. Pp. iv + 139. (Paris: Masson et Cie., 1927.) ...