Boxelder bugs prefer feeding on the seeds of a species of maple called boxelder (Acer negundo), but they also may feed on the ...

The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels guide. This may sound ...

Adult bold jumper spiders can have beautiful, bright green or blue, iridescent mouth parts. (Photo credit ... garden because they like to eat pest insects, such as mosquitos and cutworms.

With their razor-sharp specificity, insects pull the threads of destiny for most things in the living world—despite their ...

Learn about the most common fall pests, their signs and effective removal tips to keep your home pest-free this season.

As summer comes to an end and gardeners begin to bring houseplants and tropicals in from the patio and deck, there may be ...

Insects such as katydids, walking sticks, mantids and treehoppers have adopted the appearance of various plant parts like leaves, sticks, thorns and flowers. Batesian mimicry involves a harmless ...

This book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living diversity and relationships as well as 400 million years of fossils. Introductory sections cover the living species ...

They also have two wings (many insects have four). The common name that entomologists give fruit flies is "vinegar flies." That's because they're naturally attracted to fermented liquid ...

Some of them are very strange-looking, aren't they? These bugs are called insects. Insects come in all different shapes and sizes. They live everywhere and there are millions and millions of them ...

While these insects don’t bite or spread disease, no one likes to see tiny winged bugs flying out of otherwise clean sinks. If you see drain flies in your bathroom, follow these steps to ...