Most gardeners learn early to scan leaves for the eggs of squash bugs or stink bugs and remove them on sight. Yet the same ...

Every autumn, ladybugs (which are really lady beetles) seem to swarm near or even inside some homes. There can be so many of them that they stain walls and make a room smell really bad. Ladybugs have ...

Few insects are as beloved by humans as the native American ladybug, that little gal with the black-spotted red body. Most of us were taught as youngsters that the ladybug is a good-luck talisman and ...

Not all beetles have such fanciful names as fireflies and ladybugs. But many of them have something more important in common: ...

Kudzu bugs congregating on a tree. Courtesy of Matt Bertone. This time of year, you may see ladybug-looking insects buzzing around outside and clinging to your window screens. But upon closer look, ...