"There is a lot of anticipation about the periodical cicadas in Massachusetts," said Simisky. Dubbed "Brood XIV, " or "Brood ...

Stacy Campbell is a Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District for K-State Research and Extension.

I got an email from a reader. My reader was pleading, ‘HELP!’ Squash bug or Anasa tritis had invaded her garden. She had planted pumpkins, acorn, spaghetti, and butternut squash. There was no hint of ...

Covering a small patch of potatoes with insect mesh has highlighted the potential damage leafhopper species might be doing to ...

Learn how bed bugs became our oldest known pest as they co-evolved with humans, starting with our Neanderthal ancestors.

The first ones arrived from Africa. True bugs, known to their fans as the Hemiptera order, have mouthparts that pierce and suck. Beetles — Coleoptera — are typically cylindrical and have ...

While water bugs and cockroaches are technically different insects, the terms often are used interchangeably, especially in ...

Residents in Centre County are experiencing something that only occurs every 17 years. Residents can see Periodical cicadas, ...

2022). Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) causing wilting of flower buds, leaves and fruits of P. lunatus due to sap sucking (Pinheiro et al., 2020). Other sap suckers, such as ...

Severe droughts in recent decades may further reduce their numbers in 2025. Cicadas are often confused with locusts, but they are part of the hemiptera order, which includes aphids, stink bugs, and ...

Triatoma rubrovaria; ecological observations; ecotopes; trophic resource; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) II: Trophic Resources and ...

Chinch bug activity has been elevated in Kansas over the last couple of seasons. Now would be a good time to discuss the ...