Insects

PHOTO: This Caterpillar Wears WHAT On It's Head?

Posted 06.14.2013 | Green

Read More: Hatterpiller Photos, Caterpiller, Bugs, Weird Animals, Haterpiller, Insects, Caterpiller Photos, Caterpiller Photo, Animals, Cute Animals, Mad Hatterpiller, Hatterpillar Photo, Green News

This is the gum leaf skeletoniser caterpillar. From the neck down, it looks like any other hairy caterpillar. But when you get a look at that head, or...

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WATCH: Inside Look At Bug's Spectacular Transformation

Posted 05.31.2013 | Science

Read More: Caterpillar Metamorphosis, Video, Caterpillar Butterfly 3D, Biology, Butterflies, Insects, Butterfly Metamorphosis, Animals, Caterpillar Butterfly, Butterfly 3D, Science News

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/14/2013 07:07 PM EDT on LiveScience Stunning new pictures of butterfly metamorphosis have be...

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As Cicadas Invade, Entomologists Have a Field Day

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.28.2013 | Green

Read More: Cicada Invasion, Cicadas, Cornell University, Cicadas New York, Connecticut, Entomology, Insects, Ants, Climate Change, Cole Gilbert, New York, Green News

Entomologist Cole Gilbert finds them "amazing." And after listening to him discourse about the species over lunch late last month, I think I understand why. Cicadas (Magicicada septendecim) -- like many of the species Gilbert studies -- are just plain weird.

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Why Do Fireflies Glow?

Posted 05.25.2013 | Green

Read More: Fireflies, How Do Fireflies Glow, Bugs, Lightning Bugs, Lightning Bugs Glow, Why Do Fireflies Glow, Firefly Mating, Insects, Animals, Firefly, Firefly Glowing, Video, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Chanie Kirschner: It seems kind of magical, doesn’t it? As summer draws nearer and the days grow longer, it’s only...

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Bait Failure Spotlights Bugs' Awesome Survival Ability

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 05.23.2013 | Science

Read More: Cockroach Sweet Tooth, Video, Insect Evolution, Weird Science, Biology, Roach Bait, Cockroach, Insects, Evolution, Cockroaches, Cockroach Evolution, Science News

NEW YORK -- For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment tes...

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Let Them Eat... Insects?

Robert Walker | Posted 05.16.2013 | Green

Read More: Population, Population Growth, Family Planning, World Hunger, Reproductive Health, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Insects, Fao, Food Security, Green News

I must confess that I was little troubled by a UN report this week that suggested that eating more insects may be just what we need to feed the more than 9 billion people that are projected to inhabit the planet by mid-century.

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PHOTO: Molting Tarantula Leaves WHAT Behind?

Posted 05.15.2013 | Green

Read More: Tarantula Shell, Tarantula Shedding, Tarantula Molting, Tarantula Molting Photos, Insects, Tarantula, Tarantula Photo, Molting Tarantula, Tarantula Molting Photo, Animals, Tarantula Skin, Video, Green News

We will warn you now -- if you don't like arthropods, don't scroll down any further. If you don't like spiders please, please, please stop scrolling....

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10 Cicada Recipes (If You're Feeling Adventurous)

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 05.15.2013 | DC

Read More: Cicadas, University of Maryland, Cicada Cookbook, 17 Year Cicadas, Bugs, Cicada Recipes, Weird Recipes, Cooking With Cicadas, Cooking With Bugs, Cicadas 2013, Video, Cicadas Dc, Swarmageddon, Insects, Cooking With Insects, Cicadas Maryland, Brood II Cicadas, Cicadas Virginia, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The cicadas are here! After 17 years underground, Brood II cicadas are slowly emerging from North Carolina to Connecticut. Eventually...

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Parenting Lessons From Nature's Creepy Crawlers

John McCormick | Posted 05.08.2013 | Parents

I watched my sons carefully to see if they were buying into mom's passionate ode to nature. The boys seemed to be warming up to the cicadas swarming around them when several flew up and landed on Connor. "Dad!" he yelled. "Get them off me!"

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Cicadas' Bizarre Cleaning Habits

Posted 04.30.2013 | Green

Read More: Cicadas, Cicada Grooming Habits, Cicada Cleaning, East Coast Cicadas, Cicadas East Coast, Cicada Grooming, Insects, 2013 Cicadas, Cicada, Animals, Cicadas Grooming, Cicadas 2013, Cicada 2013, Green News

From Denise Chow, LiveScience Staff Writer: Cicadas get a little help from nature when it comes to grooming themselves, a new study finds. As un...

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PHOTOS: Insects With Water On Their Heads

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green

It's an admittedly bizarre premise, but the results are extraordinary. Israeli photographer Dmitriy Yoav Reinshtein, 26, assembled an entire galler...

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Zombies and the Plants Who Can't Wait for Them to Take Over

Dr. Chris Martine | Posted 05.06.2013 | Green

Read More: Zombies, Plants, Zombie Apocalypse, Botany, Plant Reproduction, Insects, Skunk Cabbage, Insect Eating, Video, Green News

Without real places for flies to lay eggs, for example, the flowers of terrible scent have nothing to aspire to. You can't mimic something that doesn't exist. Or can you?

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How to Survive a Plague: Insect Edition!

Tom Judson | Posted 04.22.2013 | HuffPost Home

Read More: Insects, Aging, Horror Movies, Extreme Weather, Cicadas, Monsters, Gardens, 17-Year-Cicadas, Cicadas 2013, HuffPost Home News

Maybe those demonic brooders aren't even now lurking just below the surface of the Earth, stretching their hexad limbs and blinking awake their millions of smoldering atomic eyes after their 17-year nap.

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Only in Florida People, Only in Florida

Jenny Isenman | Posted 06.19.2013 | Miami

Read More: Sinkholes, Funny, Humor, The Suburban Jungle, Alligators, Gators, Florida Wildlife, Insects, Florida Everglades, Miami News

We Floridians are somewhat the butt of a running joke that the random, dangerous, and ass backwards things seem to happen here. Unfortunately, we tend to live up to this stereotype by constantly proving it true.

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Hungry Bugs Use 'Math' To Find Fastest Route, Study Shows

Posted 04.18.2013 | Science

Read More: Chemistry, Ants Math, Video, Daily Discovery, Math, Pheromones, Insect Behavior, Biology, Fermat's Principle, Invasive Species, Insects, Ants, Fire Ants, Science News

By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 04/17/2013 02:00 PM EDT on LiveScience Just as light does, ants traveling through different m...

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Sing Fly Mate Die: The Cicadapocalypse Is Nigh

David Rothenberg | Posted 06.16.2013 | Science

Read More: Cicadas, Insects, Cicada, Cicada 2013, Science News

The world is waiting. Nature often provides us with mysterious happenings that fill us with sublime awe. Why do these cicadas come out only once every 17 years? Is that not a very odd cycle to keep track of? How do they do it?

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Bed Bug Folk Remedy Really Works, Research Shows

| Posted 04.17.2013 | Science

Read More: Bedbug Control, Bed Bugs, Video, Bed Bug Remedy, Weird Science, Bedbug Remedy, Insects, Bedbugs, Kill Bed Bugs, Bed Bug Folk Remedy, Science News

By Traci Watson Those suffering from bedbugs may try freezing, burning, or poisoning the pests, often to no avail. Now, researchers have provided ev...

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Eerie Fluorescent Creatures Discovered At Old Prison

Posted 03.29.2013 | Science

Read More: Millipedes, Alcatraz Millipedes, Video, Bioluminescence, Bugs, Insects, Glowing Millipedes, California Millipedes, Florescent Millipedes, Alcatraz, Science News

By: Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Published: 03/28/2013 11:39 AM EDT on LiveScience A plan to eliminate rats on Alcatraz, home to th...

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Bees Have 'Sixth Sense' For Buzzing, Study Suggests

| Posted 03.28.2013 | Science

Read More: Bees, Video, Electricity, Insect Behavior, Biology, Weird Science, Insects, Honeybees, Zoology, Animals, Science News

By Sid Perkins The electric fields that build up on honey bees as they fly, flutter their wings, or rub body parts together may allow the insects to...

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Every 17 Years

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 03.30.2013 | DC

Read More: Cicadas, Locusts 2013, Locust Swarms, Dc Cicadas, 17-Year Locusts, East Coast Cicadas, Insects, Cicada, Cicadas 2013, Locusts, DC News

They're baaaack! After 17 years, Brood II cicadas will descend on the D.C. area this year between April and June. According to magicicada.org, a pr...

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WATCH: Scientists Solve Mystery Of Cockroach Grooming

| Posted 02.06.2013 | Science

Read More: Video, Daily Discovery, Bugs, Cockroach Grooming, Insects, Entomology, Cockroach Antennae, Cockroaches, Animals, Science News

By Elizabeth Pennisi Though often associated with dirty environments, cockroaches are actually quite fastidious, especially when it comes to their...

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Can Insects Smell Food from Hundreds of Meters Away?

Quora | Posted 03.30.2013 | Science

Read More: Etymology, Insects, Science, Bugs, Science News

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Matan Shelomi, Entomologist Within a hundred meters seems likely. That seems to be the limit...

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Bugs' Odd Behavior Governed By 'Supergene,' Scientists Say

Posted 01.17.2013 | Science

Read More: Any Colony, Video, Fire Ant Chromosomes, Sex Chromosomes, Ant Queen, Insects, Ant Monarchy, Social Chromosomes, Fire Ants, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas Published: 01/16/2013 02:07 PM EST on LiveScience Whether fire ants bow to one queen or accept many rulers depends on one lon...

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Happy New Year From 2,013 Ants

Barbara E. Royal, D.V.M. | Posted 03.01.2013 | Healthy Living

Read More: Green, Insects, New Year's 2013, Costa Rica Ants, Ants Video, Ants, Leaf-Cutter Ants, Green Living, New Year 2013, Video, Healthy Living News

Life is all about carrying on in the face of incredible obstacles. I might think of the megavertebrates -- rhinos in single digits, elephants hiding t...

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Worm: the Other Red Meat

OnEarth | Posted 02.20.2013 | Green

Read More: Land Use, Health, Agriculture, Food, Insects, Mealworms, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Methane, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Green News

By Rachel Nuwer, OnEarth The first time I ate insects was at a party. For a semester-ending celebration, the professor in my undergraduate entomology...

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