If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear to be ladybugs but differ in a few subtle ways. As temperatures start to ...

know that it's actually an Asian lady beetle. Lady bugs and Asian lady beetle share similar characteristics in appearance but they're not the same type of bug, even though they're both in the ...

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Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) is a major pest of Florida citrus. Adult females lay eggs in masses sealed between leaves in the citrus canopy, and recently-hatched neonate larvae drop to the soil and feed ...

Linda Auld is widely known as the "NOLA Bug Lady," as she has raised 147 species ... room to showcase the live butterflies, moths and beetles she was raising. Auld retired in 2022, but she's ...

Every year the garden teems with all kinds of dubious multi-legged life. Even skilled bugwatchers don’t always know what any one critter might be up to. Except for the obvious pests we soon ...

Plenty are easy to identify. Read on to discover 17 of the most colourful and striking British beetles - including a particularly vibrant ladybird. Urban areas, even cities, have more beetles than you ...

Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...