CU Boulder News & Events: Boxelder bugs and other insects are invading houses
Boxelder bugs are one of several insects, including stink bugs, that invade Ohio homes in the fall to seek shelter for winter. These bugs are dark colored with red stripes and named after the female ...
The Conversation: Climate‑fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insects
Insects are arguably the most important animals on the planet. Their variety is unparalleled in nature, and they carry out vital tasks such as pollinating plants and providing food for other animals.
Climate‑fuelled El Niño events are devastating butterflies, beetles and other tropical insects
“We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher. Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as ...
The facility highlights insects that can be harmful to safety and health in addition to arthropods that can benefit the environment. There is interesting information and fun facts about the insect world as well. Anyone with an interest in insect should make it a point to visit the museum.
Of insect varieties, the praying mantis is looked upon as a friend (since it eats insects that prey on crops and trees) while the gypsy moth has been singled out as an enemy in periodic state-run pest-control programs.
Science Daily: Giant prehistoric insects didn’t need high oxygen after all, study finds
Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...