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Bee moths[edit]

are waxworms the same as bee moths? I don't even know is people use the term "bee moth" anywhere else... so no one may have an answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by T-Money92 (talk • contribs) 04:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wax worms are the larvae of bee moths-- worms can't be moths. So there's your answer! Your welcome!

Bee moths / waxworms[edit]

bee moth - MUCH more commonly called wax moth among bee keepers has a caterpillar in its early larval stages (not a worm!). Wax moth larvae (the caterpillars of the wax moth) are called wax moth larvae, or just wax moth. Waxworm is clearly a childish naming by someone who didn't now what they were looking at! One can buy waxworms for feeding to lizards etc., these are NOT silk producing wax moth larvae, but the larvae of beetles! Have you managed to mix up throughout your treatise, wax moth and waxworms? Growing wax moth larvae as bait or for food, will be VERY expensive compared to feeding bran to beetle larvae. Please check your research, and where appropriate differentiate between naming in different countries. Minipinion (talk) 14:50, 10 January 2019 (UTC)minipinion[reply]

Biodegredation[edit]

The article showing they can't digest plastic might be an ongoing research question. There seems to be other groups of scientists who found they can digest it. https://www.lbf.fraunhofer.de/de/presse/presseinformationen/kunststoffrecycling-raupen-der-wachsmotte-fressen-plastik.html - they can't https://www.brandonu.ca/research-connection/article/how-waxworms-eat-plastic/ - they can Maybe it should be marked as an open subject of research? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.157.157.74 (talk) 10:17, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]