When growing pumpkins, squash, gourds and melons watch for the squash bug. Their feeding damage can cause leaf spotting, damage to the fruit and in severe cases wilting of the plant.

An international research team has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for ...

You’ll have to look closely to spot a giant Malaysian leaf insect when it’s nibbling on the leaves of a guava or mango tree. These herbivores blend in seamlessly with their surroundings because they ...

At every stage in their lives, from egg to adult, leaf and stick insects prove to be prey that can trick their predators. The giant Malaysian leaf insect (Pulchriphyllium giganteum) starts life as a ...