The Antarctic midge is the only insect native to Antarctica, surviving extreme cold through a unique combination of dormancy ...

They found that the midge deals with the seasons during its two-year life cycle by undergoing quiescence ... The Antarctic midge larvae usually grow to their second instar by the first winter ...

Learn how this midge has a unique strategy for surviving what most organisms couldn’t.

An international team of scientists led by Osaka Metropolitan University revealed one of the mysteries of the life cycle of the Antarctic midge ... discovered that the larvae of Belgica antarctica ...

The team found that Antarctic midge larvae usually grow to their second instar by the ... Reference: “Obligate diapause and its termination shape the life-cycle seasonality of an Antarctic insect” by ...

“We determined that for the Antarctic midge, obligate diapause ends with the onset of low temperatures in winter so that the larvae all pupate at the same ... Diapause and Its Termination Shape the ...

In November, Almendariz and Attardo began studying the life cycle of species living with the tule at Cache ... Just yards away where pools of water have accumulated in barren areas, mosquito larvae ...

It is commonly accepted that insects could possibly be a mechanical vector for transferring pathogens. Especially now larvae ...

A horror virus spread by midges wiped out 92 newborn lambs on an Ayrshire farm, it’s emerged. Dundonald farmer Michael Goldie saw nearly two-thirds of his 152 lambs killed last month by the ...