A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans might have built civilizations, but insects own the world. After all, over half of all known species are insects. So if they all suddenly ...

This is, after all, the way in which most animals ever to have lived on Earth had their start. What you see in the accompanying photo gallery are the eggs of a few small branches of the insect ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Humans might have built civilizations, but insects own the world. After all, over half of all known species are insects. So if they all suddenly vanished ...

Insects are found almost everywhere and in all environments. They inhabited the earth before the dinosaurs — and are still with us today! We know of about 1 million species, but biologists think there ...

It’s high summer in northern Minnesota – you can tell by all the insects buzzing around the garden. The white cabbage butterflies are rather lovely floating around the cabbage and ...

Insects indirectly benefiting humans include all insect herbivores, prey, predators, and detritivores because they are an integral part of the biotic community of ecosystems (Triplehorn & Johnson ...

Applying the correct insect repellent may be the most effective and easiest way to protect you from getting an insect bite. Not all insect repellents are the same, and careful consideration is needed ...

You might assume that insects do not survive the seasonal shift. After all, temperatures are too low for them to forage and the plants or other insects they'd eat are scarce anyway. But that is ...