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.) ...

A new work published in Nature Communications by the group of Dr. Federica Bertocchini at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC) demonstrates how the saliva of wax worm ...

ONCE again the deadly virus of galleria mellonella showed its effects in Karachi and claimed three lives. Galleria mellonella was found to be inactivated by temperatures above 38°C. The rate of ...