The greater and the lesser wax moths occur anywhere in the world that you find bees and honeycomb. Bees in a strong, healthy hive will patrol and remove the wax moth larvae as they find them.

The "wax worms" turn into greater wax moth or honeycomb moth, which often eat honeycombs by breaking down the wax structure. "We have found that the larva of a common insect, Galleria mellonella ...

This new study of the wax moth Galleria mellonella ... which makes its home within the honeycomb. It’s “probably because the beeswax in the hives is similar chemically to the plastic ...

The greater wax moth has the best hearing of any animal ... the insect – nicknamed the “honeycomb moth” due to its larvae’s penchant for the yellow stuff – also has the widest range ...

The answer? Galleria mellonella, more commonly known as the ‘great wax moth’ or the ‘honeycomb moth.’ What makes these little guys so special? G. mellonella larvae enjoy chowing down on ...

James also looked at ozone's ability to zap the greater wax moth, a honeycomb pest, in all of its life stages, from egg to adult. Wax moths attack bee young and damage the honeycomb. Young wax ...

The greater wax moth, also known as the honeycomb moth, is found in Europe and Asia, but has been introduced to both North American and Australia. It can be considered a pest as it devours ...

Greater wax moth caterpillars munch on a plastic bag ... These so-called waxworms are actually bee pests that invade beehives and live off the honeycomb. To a human, gobbling up delicious honeycomb ...

Wax worms, which are the larval stage of the wax moth Galleria mellonella ... She left to clean the honeycomb panels. When she returned, the worms were all over the place.

Now, researchers believe they’ve stumbled upon a natural plastic decomposition tool that has been crawling around right under our feet, in the form of Galleria mellonella, the greater wax moth.