When creepy crawlies find their way into your home, grabbing a shoe or a bottle of bug spray is a natural response. But what ...

Sweat bees, Halictidae, are digger bees that can be a nuisance in vegetable gardens. They pollinate a wide range of flowers, ...

They don’t hatch fully grown. Mosquitoes start life as tiny larvae in water, then grow into pupae (like cocoons) before emerging as adults. They’re attracted by smell — and sweat.

They don’t hatch fully grown. Mosquitoes start life as tiny larvae in water, then grow into pupae (like cocoons) before emerging as adults. They’re attracted by smell — and sweat.

Mosquitoes carrying the virus were first identified in Colorado in 2003. That year resulted in the most human cases of West Nile in state history, with 2,948. Sixty-six people died. In 2023, the state ...

From eggs, they hatch into squiggling, voracious larvae, which must be fed constantly by attentive worker bees. After several days, the workers cap the cells with wax, signaling the larvae to spin ...

Biting midges will also bite pets and are known by names such as “no-see-ums” or “punkies.” Black flies lay eggs in flowing ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens or short-lived sterile workers who help rear their sisters rather than ...