Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) larvae as a model for antibiotic susceptibility testing and acute toxicity trials

Genome Sequence of Galleria mellonella (Greater Wax Moth)

The larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella, are pests of active beehives. In infection biology, these larvae are playing a more and more attractive role as an invertebrate host model. Here, we report on the first genome sequence of Galleria mellonella.

Immunity of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella.

Investigation of insect immune mechanisms provides important information concerning innate immunity, which in many aspects is conserved in animals. This is one of the reasons why insects serve as model organisms to study virulence mechanisms of human pathogens. From the evolutionary point of view, we also learn a lot about host-pathogen interaction and adaptation of organisms to conditions of l...

Canadian Steinernematid (Nematoda) Isolates and Their Infectivity, under Cold Conditions, to Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) Larvae

Nematode species, strains, or isolates of the entomopathogenic family Steinernematidae differ in their ability to infect insects at low temperatures. Some steinernematid isolates from British Columbia, probably a new species, killedGalleria mellonella larvae at 7°C. In laboratory experiments, these nematode isolates (isolates 69, 76, 99, 102, or D) were applied to petri dishes at concentrations...

Hearing and evasive behaviour in the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Pyralidae)

Greater wax moths (Galleria mellonella L., Pyraloidea) use ultrasound sensitive ears to detect clicking conspeci®cs and echolocating bats. Pyralid ears have four sensory cells, A1±4. The audiogram of G. mellonella has best frequency at 60 kHz with a threshold around 47 dB sound pressure level. A1 and A2 have almost equal thresholds in contrast to noctuids and geometrids. A3 responds at + 12 to ...

Polyphosphates excreted by wax-moth larvae (Galleria mellonella L. and Achroia grisella Fabr).