Sometimes my column topics nominate themselves, and this month’s was a perfect if rather creepy example. About two weeks ago, while engaged in our weekly backyard birdwatching contest, my husband and ...

In a video taken by ecologist Shinji Sugiura, a tiny aquatic beetle known as Regimbartia attenuata pulls off a death-defying feat to rival Houdini. First, a frog snags the beetle and gulps it down ...

Here's how the bacteria stay with the beetle through its entire life cycle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you were to ...

Species: Most likely Dictyoptera simplicipes (Several red net-winged beetle species look similar.) Appearance: Elongated with bright red wing covers. Black antennae. Distribution: Pacific Northwest, ...

Signs of cucumber beetle activity include chewed leaves, holes, dimples, and scars on fruits. Cucumber beetles transmit bacterial wilt and cucumber mosaic virus, which cause plant death. Cucumber ...

Certain species of beetle have evolved unusual "back pockets" to safely house symbiotic bacteria during metamorphosis—the only known instance of this among insects. It's part of a mutually beneficial ...

Here’s what to do if you find them in your garden. (Hint: Forget the traps.) By Margaret Roach Back without popular demand: Here comes the annual showing of Japanese beetles, the embodiment of beauty ...

A mating pair of red milkweed beetles pictured in the spring of 2024 on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed ...

Whether you call them June bugs, May bugs or June beetles, they are already emerging in Oklahoma. A few beetles may make their presence known in May, but most will start to appear around mid-June. The ...

KANEOHE, Hawaii (KHON) — Since 2013, coconut rhinoceros beetles have been attacking palm trees in Hawaii. Residents took the fight against the invasive bugs into their own hands on Saturday. The ...