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The end of plastic landfill? Researchers discover caterpillar that eats plastic; it's called a "wax worm"

1-5-2017 < Natural News 78 64 words
 




(Natural News) Plastic-eating caterpillars known as “wax worms” may one day help reduce the global pollution crisis, a study revealed. Prior to the study, an amateur beekeeper was cleaning her hives and placed the parasitic wax worms in a plastic bag, only to find out that the caterpillars were able to make holes in the plastic. As...
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