Enlarge / Studying the collective feeding behavior of black soldier fly larvae. (credit: Hu lab/Georgia Tech) How do the larvae of black soldier flies eat so much, so fast, despite their tiny size? Scientists at Georgia Tech have been studying this “collective feeding” behavior and found that one strategy for maximizing the larvae’s feeding rate […]
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These Tasty, Waste-Gobbling Maggots Could Save the World
The black soldier fly maggot is a sustainability superhero. https://media.wired.com/photos/59767dd4eafe3a7821f7b04b/master/pass/0817-WI-APBSFL-01.jpg Feed: All Latest
Tomorrow’s Mini Medical Robots Could Squirm Like Maggots
Engineers are prototyping a soft-bodied drug delivery system capable of wriggling through flesh. https://media.wired.com/photos/59777cbe0c694f7e4119407e/master/pass/MaggotsRobotsTA.jpg Wired