John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

Once in a while we get asked, “how cold does it have to get to kill insects?” Perhaps it is important to understand why cold ...

Many people use 'bug' and 'insect' interchangeably. Scientifically, insects are a broad class. True bugs are a specific order within insects, known as Hemiptera. They have unique piercing-sucking ...

SHANGHAI, March 31 (UPI) --An ancient hunk of amber found in northern Myanmar has revealed a rare specimen -- an adult female scale insect. Even rarer, the female is carrying upwards of 60 eggs on her ...

Insects all over the Earth come in all shapes and sizes, from pesky mosquitoes to beautiful butterflies. The teeny tiny ...

An often over-looked approach to pest management in the vegetable garden is enhancement of the population of beneficial insects. Examples of beneficial insects include lady beetles, ground beetles ...

Are you tired of garden pests and want to reduce pesticide use? Certain plants can help manage insects in your garden. Beneficial insects help control pest populations by attracting predators that ...

Insect bites and stings result in when certain category of insects react or defend themselves in the form of bites or stings, which are their natural defense mechanism , when agitated by some physical ...