Researchers found that ladybug scents can cue aphids — an agricultural pest — to eat and reproduce less. Credit: Sara Hermann / Penn State. Creative Commons The use of pesticides, while beneficial for ...

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As temperatures drop, ladybugs and their look-alike cousins, Asian lady beetles, begin searching for warm places to spend the winter — often inside our homes. While traditional ladybugs are beneficial ...

Ladybug, Ladybeetle or Ladybird? According to folklore, insects were destroying farmers' crops in Europe during the Middle Ages. The farmers prayed to the Virgin Mary for help. Soon an insect came, ...

Ladybugs are a cheery sight; there's something about these easily recognizable red insects with black spots that lightens the heart and brings out a childlike glee in even the most hardened soul.

The use of pesticides, while beneficial for global food security, wreaks havoc on natural ecosystems and human health. To address this issue, Penn State researchers have turned to an unlikely enforcer ...