Above: lady beetles are being released into Purdue greenhouses as a biological control agent. Photo by Purdue University. Some insects are pests, but not all insects are bad. Overwhelmingly, the ...

It’s estimated that roughly 90% of the world’s plants depend on bees’ survival. Bees are the world’s most significant pollinators and are vital to our ecosystem. These tiny insects excel as a colony, ...

Pests are a growing problem in the U.S. With over 40,000 people being hospitalized for rodent and insect bites each year, and insect stings causing about 90 deaths. The pest control business is ...

Bugs? I’ve never been a fan. Just ask my husband about when a misguided fly gets in my kitchen – not good news for the fly! With other creatures, I take a more peaceful tact – I scoop them up and pop ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

What's the best way to eliminate the class pest? Send him to the principal's office? Detention? Expulsion? Nope. You put screens on the windows, stick those cupcakes in a sealed container and wipe off ...

A fusion of Buddhist retreat and science lab: That is how I characterize the garden. As if embodiments of that notion, a few of my longtime teachers — frogs, chipmunks, a diversity of birds — ...

Aphids, whiteflies, leafhoppers and other small, inconspicuous insects are fascinating creatures to entomologist Frank Bedard, who has spent most of his life studying bugs. Bedard will share his ...

It's something every homeowner fears, more stress-inducing and harrowing than watching a horror movie or a spending a weekend with the in-laws. Pests infesting your carefully curated place of refuge ...

Fig 1. Global Aerial Sampling of Migratory Insects. It maps the locations and methods used for historical (dashed lines) and recent (solid lines) aerial sampling of high-flying migratory insects ...