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Both sexes are equipped with a sensitive tympanic hearing organ that allows the great wax worm to perceive high frequency sound. [12] [11] This likely resulted from selective pressure from insectivorous bats; being able to detect their echolocation would enable G. mellonella to avoid being eaten. Female tympanic membranes are 0.65 mm across ...
Their full development to adults requires access to used brood comb or brood cell cleanings—these contain protein essential for the larvae's development, in the form of brood cocoons. The destruction of the comb will spill or contaminate stored honey and may kill bee larvae or be the cause of the spreading of honey bee diseases .
Worms 2 is a 1997 artillery tactical game developed and published by Team17 and released for Windows.It is part of the Worms series and a sequel to the 1995 game Worms.As with the first game, players control their team of worms in combat against each other, using a wide collection of rockets, grenades, firearms, explosives, and air strikes, some eclectic and others bizarre.
Worms 2: Armageddon is a 2D artillery turn-based tactics video game developed by Team17 and part of the Worms series, [2] released on July 1, 2009 on Xbox Live Arcade. [3] The game is a follow-up to the 2007 Worms game, which in-turn was a port of 2006's Worms: Open Warfare. A PC port, titled Worms Reloaded, was later released on August 26, 2010.
A waxworm Plastivory also occurs in Lepidoptera , with waxworms ( Galleria mellonella ) able to consume polyethylene. [ 11 ] [ 21 ] Even homogenising waxworms and applying the homogenate to polyethylene can cause degradation. [ 21 ]
The genus Enchytraeus includes about 40 species of annelid worms. The term white worm is often used for all of the species in general, but specifically it is E. albidus which is named the white worm. This species is used as fish food by aquarium enthusiasts. E. buchholzi is known as the Grindal worm.
In Britain, it is primarily called the common earthworm or lob worm (though the name is also applied to a marine polychaete). In North America , the term nightcrawler (or vitalis ) is also used, and more specifically Canadian nightcrawler , referring to the fact that the large majority of these worms sold commercially (usually as fishing bait ...
Amynthas agrestis, the Asian jumping worm, [note 1] is a species of worm in the family Megascolecidae. [1] It has a smooth, glossy, grey or brown body with a milky-white clitellum , [ 2 ] and can range from 1.5 to 8 in (3.8 to 20.3 cm) in length. [ 2 ]