“Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too”…
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240419-the-worms-that-eat-through-plastic
“Letting these worms loose in a plastic-polluted environment could be dangerous to ecosystems, especially given their ability to destroy bees' hives”…be aware.
You might want to be aware of this if you’re breeding waxworms.
“In 2022, another invertebrate was discovered to have a taste for plastic – the "superworm" Zophobas morio, which can put on weight from a diet of polystyrene.”…maybe we need to be careful with what we breed.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240419-the-worms-that-eat-through-plastic
“Letting these worms loose in a plastic-polluted environment could be dangerous to ecosystems, especially given their ability to destroy bees' hives”…be aware.
You might want to be aware of this if you’re breeding waxworms.
“In 2022, another invertebrate was discovered to have a taste for plastic – the "superworm" Zophobas morio, which can put on weight from a diet of polystyrene.”…maybe we need to be careful with what we breed.
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