Read more about beetles, in general, here. The stick insects (also known by many other names, including walking sticks, leaf insects, and ghost insects) are a vast order of insects that consists ...

Scientists who study insects, called entomologists, are coming up with ever more imaginative names, referencing everything from musicians to childish jokes, to meet the demand. Early humans needed ...

Stick bugs are also commonly called: Stick insects Walking sticks Bug sticks These names are all based on the fact that the stick bug’s long body resembles a living stick or the stalk of a leaf.

The name 'centipede' means '100 legs,' but studies show that these insects can have anywhere between 15 and 177 pairs of legs, one pair for each body segment. All these legs come in handy.

These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle potential predators into backing off. These chemical “bombs” are the source of their name: Bombardier beetles. But there’s not just ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...