In time, stored combs may be completely destroyed and the frames and combs become filled with a mass of tough, silky web. Damage will vary with the level of infestation and the time that has elapsed since the infestation first began. Therefore, it is considered a major pest of the honeybee. Galleria mellonella can also destroy stored honey combs. They also eat out a place to spin their cocoons in the soft wood of the bee hive.
It does not attack adult bees but destructs combs of a weak colony by chewing the comb spinning silk-lined tunnels through the cell wall and over the face of the comb, which prevent the bees to emerge by their abdomen from their cell, so they die by starvation as they unable to escape from their cell. The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.), is a lepidoptera insect its larval stage, feeds on wax and pollen stored in combs of active honey bee colonies (Milam, 1970). International Nuclear Information System (INIS) A1.Įffect of gamma radiation and entomopathogenic nematodes on greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) [Lep., Pyralidae mellonella has best frequency at 60 kHz with a threshold around 47 dB sound pressure level.
Pyralid ears have four sensory cells, A1±4. Greater wax moths ( Galleria mellonella L., Pyraloidea) use ultrasound sensitive ears to detect clicking conspeci®cs and echolocating bats. Hearing and evasive behavior in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Pyralidae)
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