Is there anything interesting about the american wax moth?
Some scientists have come up with the novel idea of locking the plastic in with wax moth larvae and providing no other food. Results show that larvae of wax moths can consume plastic and decompose polythene into glycol. Therefore, in the future, there is a possibility of batch reproducing wax moth to solve the problem of white pollution.
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