Beetles are one of the most common insects. The order Coleoptera has 400,000 species. Their front pair of wings are hardened into a protective covering. With so many species, it may be difficult to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As winter moves towards spring and temperatures start rising, ladybugs that spent the cold months sheltering indoors begin waking ...

As you probably can guess, any insect with a name like blister beetle is not an insect to approach with a casual attitude. Blister beetles use a chemical called cantharidin for defense. Instead of a ...

CORVALLIS – You look around the garden and see aphids suck the life out of your rose buds, flea beetles chomp on the cauliflower and cabbage butterflies lay eggs that will turn into voracious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Technically, Asian lady beetles are a type of ladybug, but they can be destructive to your garden. Asian lady beetles also compete ...

Q: Can you identify the insects in this photo from last summer? During the day these insects would fly around a flower bed that has a dogwood in it. They never seemed to really land anywhere but spent ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...