Browsing all posts tagged with larva

A kitten with a larva on its nose

(6) | 10/05/2022 | 1 Comment

At My Pet's Animal Hospital in Florida, Dr. Rothrock uses forceps to remove a large fly larva (Oestridae) lying on the nose of a cat.

A kitten with a parasitic worm in the neck

(9) | 10/02/2019 | 1 Comment

A man uses a forceps to remove a large parasitic worm (horsefly larva), which has got under the skin of a cat's neck.

Dog infested with parasitic worms

(333) | 21/09/2017 | 31 Comments

At the Touray & Meyer Veterinary Clinic in The Gambia, a vet helps a dog that is infected with worms kagior. Pressing the skin of the animal, the veterinarian removes the dozens of larvae. The worm is a kagior […]

The transformation of the largest beetle in the world

(15) | 18/05/2017 | 0 comments

The Japanese entomologist Hirofumi Kawano filmed the spectacular transformation of a Hercules beetle Dynastes, the largest in the world along beetle. The opening of the blades of this insect can reach 22 cm. The size […]

The fireflies light up a cave in New Zealand

(10) | 01/03/2017 | 4 Comments

The Waitomo Cave is a major tourist attraction in the north of New Zealand. It is known for the bioluminescence of, as well as sky lights up thanks to fireflies that live there. These are larvae Arachnocampa Luminosa, […]

The metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly

(28) | 30/08/2015 | 0 comments

This timelapse video, shows the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into Butterfly-monarch (Danaus plexippus). The transformation takes place in several stages, the egg, the larva (Caterpillar), the nymph and Imago (last stage). The butterfly […]

The voice of the Caterpillar

(27) | 19/06/2015 | 2 Comments

The larvae of the butterfly Usutabiga who lives in Japan, "scream" when someone touches. They sound similar to the chemical has been squeezed out of a small rubber game.

The birth of a bee

(11) | 21/05/2015 | 0 comments

In this timelapse created 2500 photos, seeing a larva into a worker bee. The video was posted in the online edition of National Geographic in Japan (May 2015).