It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm.

A fly is going about its day, buzzing here, buzzing there—but then, it starts behaving weirdly. Its movements become sluggish ...

Insects have a major vessel, which mostly looks like a giant tube, that runs from their head to their tail along their back.The "heart" is the section of this vessel that runs through the abdomen ...

Fireflies face numerous threats contributing to their decline, but this summer's humid nights have them out in force across ...

Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

Tips and tricks from two pest experts on how to stop a silverfish infestation in your home, as well as ways to keep one from ...

In Britain and Ireland, flying ant days typically occur in July or August, often in warmer urban areas first, when the ...

Black Widows are jet-black, have a globular abdomen with a reddish or yellowish hourglass on the underside. They are found both indoors and outdoors, and prefer to nest in a sheltered areas like ...

Deep within the abdomen of spiders are silk glands. The abdomen of a spider is where silk is produced. Inside these glands, spiders produce a liquid protein solution that is then extruded through ...

This one-of-a-kind predatory strategy has never been seen in other insects. ... A Venus flytrap-like structure on the wasp’s abdomen held captives in place as the wasp deposited its eggs ...

Despite differences in shape and size all insects are characterized by a body organization that includes three units: a head, thorax and abdomen (panels A-B). In contrast all spiders (and other ...

A severed ant head. A fly wing. A beetle abdomen. These body parts ripped from devoured insects festoon a newfound caterpillar’s protective coat. Dubbed the “bone collector,” this ...