As winter moves towards spring and temperatures start rising, ladybugs that spent the cold months sheltering indoors begin ...

The Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar look like elephant's trunks and have eyespots to scare off predators.© Eileen Kumpf/Shutterstock.com Mimicry is one of the most interesting forms of defense in ...

Halloween might be over, but the swarms of multicolored, spotted “ladybugs” this fall can look like a scene from a horror movie. Illinois residents might have noticed an uptick in these harmless ...

Cicadas, those loud, large but harmless insects, will soon emerge this spring after 17 years underground in Georgia. This brood, called Brood XIV, will begin their first mating season since 2008, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like clockwork, every fall they want in. The best way to identify boxelder trees is to examine their leaves and seeds on female trees. (Nancy Downs, Colorado ...

Lightning bugs, also known as fireflies, are harmless insects known for their ability to produce light through a chemical reaction called bioluminescence. The term "lightning bug" is a common, ...

In UK gardens this March, tiny greenfly are waking on strawberries, raspberries and roses. How urgent checks now can spare your soft fruit and seedlings from a spring wipe-out. You head out on a mild ...