In the intricate world of insects, few creatures capture the imagination quite like the flatid planthopper waxy nymph. These ...

Last week, we discussed tomato diseases. This week, we will cover pests just as destructive: insects. Damage to plants via ...

A quick and easy guide to seven of the most common—and most destructive—insect pests on your household plants, plus how to ...

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish ...

The researchers investigated whether the wear and tear on insect mouthparts can be used to determine their eating habits. Show me your jaw and I'll tell you what you eat: ...

These insects may be tiny, but they can cause big damage in your garden. Here's how to identify and control the little bugs that are eating your garden leaves. Psyllids are minute insects that are ...

Spotted lanternflies are an invasive planthopper insect that has been spotted in 18 US states as of June 2025.

Yes, “bug” is a scientific term. All true bugs have piercing/sucking mouthparts and two sets of wings with the outer set forming a triangular shaped shield on their back. The adults of leaf-footed ...

Well-known insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts include aphids, scales, leafhoppers, squash bugs and plant bugs. • Rasping-sucking mouthparts.

Mosquitos. Mosquitos have long been the cause of various diseases globally, but science may be turning the tide. Researchers have been able to genetically modify the insects to slow the spread of ...

Researchers have made 3D reconstructions of two 300-million-year-old insect nymphs by putting the rare fossils under an X-ray.

The researchers investigated whether the wear and tear on insect mouthparts can be used to determine their eating habits. This type of analysis has been standard for vertebrates for decades, ...