Pupal morphology is surveyed among 46 species of Notodontidae representing all currently-recognized subfamilies, and 24 phylogenetically informative characters are identified. Comparison of a previous ...

Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have discovered ...

A nutrient-rich liquid that could be produced by all ant species while the insects are in their pupal stage is consumed by adults and larvae. The creation of this fluid hadn’t been reported by ...

Pupal Stage. The mosquito pupal stage is typically when sexual dimorphism first becomes visible. However, the 'yellow' strain (left) can be immediately distinguished from its naturally dark ...