UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Insect predators found in the United States could help keep spotted lanternfly populations in check while potentially reducing reliance on chemical control methods, according to ...

The size of dragonflies and damselflies varies around the globe. These insects are generally larger in temperate areas than in the tropics. According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is ...

Parasitoid insects, unlike parasites, kill their hosts by consuming them during their larval stage. Most parasitoids are small wasps and flies, and they infect a wide range of insects and arachnids.

Biological control is emerging as a sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides in agricultural ecosystems, with predatory insects playing a central role in suppressing pest populations. This ...

Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use ...

Yellow-legged hornets are predators and will regularly attack honeybees to provide food for their young, though it is possible they could attack other, similar species. Since honeybees concentrate ...

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable ...

Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect themselves from predators 100 million years ago. Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were ...