Why do gardeners need to identify garden bugs before taking action against them? When should we leave them to their natural activities? A look at assassin bugs, leaf footed bugs, squash bugs and stink ...

Like all dragonflies, darners begin life as underwater nymphs called naiads. Predacious beyond their size, the bright green nymphs prowl the marsh’s mucky bottom devouring almost anything they can get ...

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Greg Sutton was closely inspecting the back legs of a planthopper nymph — a small green, flightless insect — when he noticed something odd. He's now a post-doc at the University of Bristol, in England ...

The squash bug carries a gut bacterium that is essential for the bug’s development into an adult. But when they hatch from their eggs, squash bug nymphs do not have the bacteria in their systems. That ...