Larvae of the honeycomb moth, galleria mellonella, have been known to eat wax in bee hives. Now researchers have found that these larvae can also break down the most widespread form of plastic, polyethylene (PE). This may open a way to deal with our problem of the huge amounts of plastic waste.
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