Predation of immature monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) by arthropod natural enemies is well-established. However, little is known about predation by avian and mammalian predators on this species ...

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Many flies are plagued by parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae, turning them into surrogate wombs for wasp larvae. One common fly has successfully fought off its wasp predator by ...

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Yet some insect larvae are predators, and a small number of these have developed highly efficient imaging systems out of simple stemmata. At least three instances of this have been found in modern ...

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 ...

Most gardeners have been conditioned to reach for the spray bottle the moment they see something moving on their plants. It’s ...

Emerald ash borers first arrived in Middle Tennessee in 2014 and have spread to at least 66 counties, authorities say.

Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...