When many of us think of moths, we think of drab little insects that flit around light bulbs at night. However, some of the ...

Why do we dislike the spotted lanternfly so much? According to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the spotted ...

The banded garden spider’s abdomen’s black and yellow banded pattern resembles that of the black and yellow garden spider but has thinner bands. These bands gave the species its name.

All of them, including the social wasps, are important if somewhat incidental pollinators. One of the most distinctive and ...

Ladybugs are famous for their black spots and red wings, but can you tell the difference between males and females? The ...

If you’ve been out among blooming flowers lately, especially in the more outlying areas, you have probably seen the familiar ...

They have reddish and black bodies with yellow markings. Tarantula hawks: These are large wasps with metallic blue-black bodies and bright orange wings.

A grasshopper has two pairs of wings, four wings total. The forewings are narrower and leathery, acting as protective covers ...

Dragonflies are a joy to watch as they hover, sprint, perch, chase each other and dart about – and also while they are ...

THIS week we look at a bird that is often heard but not easily seen, the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird. Description The Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird has a typical Barbet shape (it is relat ...

He says we do something similar with certain insects. "The same way that you grab a yellow jacket once when you're a kid and you learn pretty quickly to not grab anything with black and yellow ...