Some leaf-mining insects make distinct patterns, like squiggles or serpentine shapes, while others make irregular blotches, ...

Several groups of insects – sawflies, wasps, beetles, flies ... would not be very effective as the damage has already been done. The larva will soon be done feeding, or may have already left ...

When you contemplate what foods beetles eat, it is tempting to say “just about everything.” Beetles eat a wide range of ...

Ants are often an early sign of the presence of aphids on a plant because they protect aphids from their natural enemies.

The larvae of the Short-Necked Oil Beetles lurk among flowers waiting for a passing bee to carry them back to its nest, where they feed on all the pollen the bee has collected. The species' name ...

Results from a nationwide cabbage stem flea beetle monitoring project suggest farmers can approach the growing season with renewed confidence. Assessments of stem larvae levels in the spring of ...

Texas’ state plant, the prickly pear cactus, is being devoured by invasive caterpillars. So Texas scientists are releasing ...

As the 2025 crop season begins, farmers across the prairies are already on high alert for potential insect damage. Dr. Meghan ...

IT'S rare to see one of York's elusive tansy beetles - rarer still to catch them ... the eggs will hatch into larvae, which feed on the tansy plant. Come July, the larvae burrow underground ...

Even though the U.S. eradicated the flesh-eating parasite the New World Screwworm six decades ago, its survival to the south ...