Dragonfly larvae play a vital role in aquatic ecosystems. As predators, they regulate populations of smaller aquatic animals, while serving as prey for fish, amphibians, and other species.

With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. Published in the Annals of the ...

Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

With striking high-speed video footage, scientists have for the first time detailed how predatory mosquito larvae attack and capture prey in aquatic habitats. Published in the Annals of the ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. 39-51 (13 pages) Reproductive behavior of adult dragonflies can be related to ecological requirements of their aquatic larvae. Based on the ...

Fly fishers call them sedges. Caddisflies spend most of their lives as aquatic larvae. They also pupate underwater. The ...

An assistant professor in Nova Scotia has been awarded a five-year grant to study the double impact of microplastics and climate change on aquatic organisms.

Cory Morrow, with his rollicking, soulful, feel-good Texas country has helped Texans jump on tabletops and suspend worries ...

Like the larval stage, the pupal stage is also aquatic. After two days, a fully developed adult mosquito forms and breaks through the skin of the pupa. The adult mosquito can fly and has a ...

Larvae of C. lebetis mine in the stems of the submersed aquatic weed hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata (L.f. Royle), causing sufficient damage to the apical meristem to preclude further growth. The ...