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 ...

71, No. 4 (Dec., 1988), pp. 467-477 (11 pages) Both lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella (F.) and greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. males produce sounds using tymbals located on their tegulae.

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 ...