As an adult, the caddisfly looks like a nondescript, slender brown moth. But as larvae, these fascinating insects build ...

My rose bush has leaves with pale spots and some holes. What’s causing that, and what can I do about it? Usually, the primary ...

The great golden digger wasp, Sphex icheneumoneus, is a large wasp that sports golden hairs on the head and thorax and has a ...

What looked like a few seeds beside an ant nest in a backyard turned out to be something stranger, and far more consequential ...

Numerous predatory insects exist worldwide. From assassin bugs to blister beetles, these insects are appropriately named for ...

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 ...

A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, a new study has found A common insect larvae could be ...

Metamorphosis leads to a wide range of evolutionary outcomes. The dramatic transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly ...

Elaina O’Brien ran back to staff housing on a busy morning at the Camp Denali lodge last Friday to grab the radio she’d forgotten at her cabin. She looked down at the flagstone path, and what she saw ...