Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

They flutter under streetlights, chew holes in old jumpers, and vanish before you get a proper look at them, but […] ...

Using flowers to attract hummingbirds is nothing new, but if you want to get more creative with your picks, consider planting herbs instead.

Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between ...

Celebrate National Pollinator Month this June by creating and maintaining a garden that attracts and supports these important members of our ecosystem. Pollinators are responsible for about 75 percent ...

Hunting for a Hunter Meat-eating caterpillars are exceptionally rare. Among the nearly 200,000 documented moth and butterfly species, less than 0.13 percent hunger for flesh.

Not what you think Newly hatched hummingbird looks, acts like a toxic caterpillar "Batesian mimicry" is when a species evolves to look like one that's inedible.

Adults will mate and the female moth will produce eggs that are deposited on the underside of leaves of a host plant that will provide food for caterpillars when they hatch.

Between immigrants and residents, about 14 species of hawk moth have been recorded in Ireland. Their caterpillars are unique and are therefore easy to identify in that they have a horn-like spike ...

Many of these moths even have some of the same behaviors as hummingbirds, such as drinking nectar out of flowers and hovering near their food source. They can act as pollinators, making them valuable ...