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BOX TREE MOTH

A boxwood moth, box tree moth, on a boxwood twig in a garden in Malmö in August 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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BOX TREE MOTH

A boxwood moth, box tree moth, on a boxwood twig in a garden in Malmö in August 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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BOX TREE MOTH

A boxwood moth, box tree moth, on a boxwood twig in a garden in Malmö in August 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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BOX TREE MOTH

A boxwood moth, box tree moth, on a boxwood twig in a garden in Malmö in August 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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BOX TREE MOTH

A boxwood moth, box tree moth, on a boxwood twig in a garden in Malmö in August 2025. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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Project To Sterilize Tiger Mosquitoes - Italy

The photo shows the machine for separating male mosquitoes from females and larvae. The Sterile Male Project at the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Agriculture and Environment Center) involves breeding sterilized male tiger mosquitoes to be released into urban environments via drone to combat the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya. August 8, 2025. - TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS MANDATORY TO CERTIFY THE CENTRO AGRICOLTURA AMBIENTE - G. NICOLI - IN THE CAPTION OR IN THE ARTICLE. - Photo by Roberto Brancolini/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Project To Sterilize Tiger Mosquitoes - Italy

The photo shows the machine for separating male mosquitoes from females and larvae. The Sterile Male Project at the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Agriculture and Environment Center) involves breeding sterilized male tiger mosquitoes to be released into urban environments via drone to combat the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya. August 8, 2025. - TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS MANDATORY TO CERTIFY THE CENTRO AGRICOLTURA AMBIENTE - G. NICOLI - IN THE CAPTION OR IN THE ARTICLE. - Photo by Roberto Brancolini/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Project To Sterilize Tiger Mosquitoes - Italy

The photo shows the machine for separating male mosquitoes from females and larvae. The Sterile Male Project at the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Agriculture and Environment Center) involves breeding sterilized male tiger mosquitoes to be released into urban environments via drone to combat the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya. August 8, 2025. - TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS MANDATORY TO CERTIFY THE CENTRO AGRICOLTURA AMBIENTE - G. NICOLI - IN THE CAPTION OR IN THE ARTICLE. - Photo by Roberto Brancolini/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Project To Sterilize Tiger Mosquitoes - Italy

The photo shows the trays where mosquito larvae are grown. The Sterile Male Project at the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Agriculture and Environment Center) involves breeding sterilized male tiger mosquitoes to be released into urban environments via drone to combat the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya. August 8, 2025. - TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS MANDATORY TO CERTIFY THE CENTRO AGRICOLTURA AMBIENTE - G. NICOLI - IN THE CAPTION OR IN THE ARTICLE. - Photo by Roberto Brancolini/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Project To Sterilize Tiger Mosquitoes - Italy

The photo shows the machine for separating male mosquitoes from females and larvae. The Sterile Male Project at the Centro Agricoltura Ambiente (Agriculture and Environment Center) involves breeding sterilized male tiger mosquitoes to be released into urban environments via drone to combat the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya. August 8, 2025. - TO USE THE PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS MANDATORY TO CERTIFY THE CENTRO AGRICOLTURA AMBIENTE - G. NICOLI - IN THE CAPTION OR IN THE ARTICLE. - Photo by Roberto Brancolini/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anisakis larvae

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Photo taken on July 7, 2022, in Tokyo shows Anisakis larvae taken from host Alaska pollock.

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-FIOCRUZ-AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITOES-WOLBACHIA

(240519) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member places Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae carrying Wolbachia into containers at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation's biotechnology factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. According to updated data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the May 17, Brazil has reported a total of 4,921,252 cases of dengue fever this year, including both confirmed and suspected cases, marking the highest level since the country began keeping records of the epidemic. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is a biomedical research institution under the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The foundation has established a small biotechnology factory in Mare, Rio de Janeiro, where it cultivates Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria. Wolbachia is an intracellular microorganism found in 60 percent of insect species in nature but is not commonly found in Aedes aegypti. Once mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia are released into the wild, they will reproduce, spreading Wolba

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-FIOCRUZ-AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITOES-WOLBACHIA

(240519) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member places Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae carrying Wolbachia into containers at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation's biotechnology factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 14, 2024. According to updated data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the May 17, Brazil has reported a total of 4,921,252 cases of dengue fever this year, including both confirmed and suspected cases, marking the highest level since the country began keeping records of the epidemic. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is a biomedical research institution under the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The foundation has established a small biotechnology factory in Mare, Rio de Janeiro, where it cultivates Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria. Wolbachia is an intracellular microorganism found in 60 percent of insect species in nature but is not commonly found in Aedes aegypti. Once mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia are released into the wild, they will reproduce, spreading Wolba

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China, Indonesia eye stronger ties via "Two Countries, Twin Parks"

STORY: China, Indonesia eye stronger ties via "Two Countries, Twin Parks" DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Pemalang district 2. various of the prawn farm 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bahasa): JONI SETYAWAN, Seasoned Indonesian prawn farmer 4. various of the production line of Fujian MiaoTianHui Food Co., Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN QING'AN, Legal representative of Indonesian subsidiary of Fujian MiaoTianHui Food Co., Ltd. 6. various of Fuqing Zhaohua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HE XIAOQIANG, Deputy general manager, Fuqing Zhaohua Aquatic Food Co., Ltd. 8. various of the project between China and Indonesia STORYLINE: In the Pemalang district of Indonesia's Central Java province, a prawn farm, covering about 70,000 square meters, was built by a Chinese company in 2021. Once the prawn larvae here are four months old, they will undergo processing and be shipped to Fuzhou, capital city of east China's Fujian Province, abou

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Time-lapse footage shows cicada molting

STORY: Time-lapse footage shows cicada molting DATELINE: May 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cicada shedding its exoskeleton STORYLINE: A time-lapse video captured the moment a cicada emerged from its exoskeleton and spread its wings as part of the molting process. The larvae of cicadas need a year or even several years to hibernate underground, and eventually climb out of the ground to molt, but the adult insect can only survive for two to three months. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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Crab breeding industry promoted in N China town

STORY: Crab breeding industry promoted in N China town DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST 1. various of the farms 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU NAIHE, Crab farmer 3. various of farmers working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DU NAIHE, Crab farmer 5. various of crabs STORYLINE: Qilihai Town in north China's Tianjin Municipality has been promoting the crab breeding industry, a traditional industry in the town, to give full play to local advantages. A series of projects have been carried out to improve the quality of crab larvae to ensure sound development of the industry. Du Naihe, a farmer dedicated to crab breeding, put into the market about 800 million crab larvae in 2022. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DU NAIHE, Crab farmer "Raising crab larvae is more difficult than raising crabs as it requires more skills, with higher risk and lower profit. Varieties introduced from other places have a lower survival rate here. Raising our own crab variety can inc

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(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Contained in a box is the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna ready for marketing in the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Researchers at Kinki University in Osaka have succeeded in farming Pacific northern bluefin tuna from eggs, unlike existing farmed tuna that are reared from larvae caught in the wild.

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Larvae of large centipede species seized in S. China

STORY: Larvae of large centipede species seized in S. China DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of larvae of scolopendra galapagoensis STORYLINE: Five larvae of scolopendra galapagoensis, a centipede species, were seized by Haikou Customs in south China's Hainan Province. The 15 to 20-centimeter-long larvae were found in an inbound mail declared as "plastic box samples." Scolopendra galapagoensis is one of the largest centipede species known in the world. It can usually grow to 30 to 40 centimetres long, while largest ones can reach 44 to 46 centimetres. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China. (XHTV)

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Dengue cases in Laos surpass 30,000

STORY: Dengue cases in Laos surpass 30,000 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the office building of the Lao Ministry of Health 2. various of killing mosquito larvae 3. various of patients at hospitals STORYLINE: A total of 30,029 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Laos since January 2022, according to the Lao Ministry of Health. The highest number of dengue patients was reported in the Lao capital Vientiane at 14,788, while 4,356 cases were detected in Luang Namtha province, and 1,571 cases were recorded in Attapeu province. The Lao Ministry of Health suggested five simple measures as the most effective method of dengue control, which are being practiced by households across the region. These measures consist of closing and sealing all unused containers, flushing out all water vessels, placing small guppy fish in water jars as they eat mosquito larvae, cleaning areas around homes, and remembering to do these four tasks ea

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South China city fights kitchen waste with insects to achieve low-carbon life

STORY: South China city fights kitchen waste with insects to achieve low-carbon life DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dameisha Vanke Center in Shenzhen 2. various of black soldier files in the center 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIE XIAOHUI, Executive Vice Secretary-General of Vanke Foundation 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XIE XIAOHUI, Executive Vice Secretary-General of Vanke Foundation STORYLINE: Small insects have a big function. Black soldier flies are used to biodegrade kitchen waste to achieve a low-carbon life in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XIE XIAOHUI, Executive Vice Secretary-General of Vanke Foundation "The kitchen waste is transformed by black soldier fly larvae, which can turn waste into things of value. Dameisha Vanke Center has formed a closed-loop operation of organic composting through the black soldier fly cabin. And also through the composting demonstration area, the community g

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ITALY-ROME-ZOO-HOT WEATHER

(220719) -- ROME, July 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Meerkats eat iced melon treats with beetle larvae during a hot day at Rome Zoo in Rome, Italy, on July 19, 2022. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

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Young Tanzanians use organic waste to produce fish feed

STORY: Young Tanzanians use organic waste to produce fish feed DATELINE: April 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:0: LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1.Various of samaki farms members preparing feeds. 2.Various of insects and larvae in the production farm. 3.SOUNDBITE (English) ARNOLD SHOKO, Co-founder of Samaki Farms. 4.SOUNDBITE (English) ARNOLD SHOKO, Co-founder of Samaki Farms. STORYLINE: Six young aquatic and fisheries science graduates from Tanzania's leading state-run university have joined hands to save fish farmers from the headache of finding suitable fish feeds. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) ARNOLD SHOKO, co-founder of Samaki Farms. "What we are doing now is very friendly to environment, like using organic waste and converting organic waste by using larvae to produce insect larva that can be used as food is like killing two birds with one stone. We offer ingredients to fish farmers but also we clean environment. That's why we use the tagline 'clean world, sustainable world.' We are cleaning the wo

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-ORGANIC WASTE-FISH FEED

(220422) -- DAR ES SALAAM, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Arnold Shoko, a co-founder of Samaki Farms, shows dried insect larvae in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 21, 2022. Six young aquatic and fisheries science graduates from Tanzania's leading state-run university have joined hands to save fish farmers from the headache of finding suitable fish feeds. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Young Tanzanians use organic waste to produce fish feed

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(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Contained in a box is the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna ready for marketing in the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Researchers at Kinki University in Osaka have succeeded in farming Pacific northern bluefin tuna from eggs, unlike existing farmed tuna that are reared from larvae caught in the wild. (Kyodo)

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GODZILLA VS THE THING (JAP 1964) TOHO Mothra attacks GODZILL

GODZILLA VS THE THING TOHO Mothra attacks GODZILLA to defend its larvae Date: 1964

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Combating Zika virus with guppy fish in India

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2016, in Mysuru, India, shows Somashekar Gowda (front), who has been breeding and distributing guppies (poecilia reticulata) for free in mosquito-prone areas. The freshwater fish feeds on mosquito larvae and thereby keeps the breeding of mosquitoes in check to a large extent amid a global alert over the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Combating Zika virus with guppy fish in India

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2016, in Mysuru, India, shows freshwater guppies (poecilia reticulata). Guppies feed on mosquito larvae and thereby keep the breeding of mosquitoes in check to a large extent amid a global alert over the mosquito-borne Zika virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big tank for raising Japanese eel larvae unveiled

Yoshitsugu Masuda, a researcher at the Fisheries Research Agency, explains about a large-scale tank for raising a large number of Japanese eels in their larval phase in the town of Minamiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 10, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Edible weevil larvae in Laos

A boy holds edible weevil larvae in the Khammouane Province of Laos on Feb. 18, 2020.

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