Tag: insects

The variety of insects is amazing, as are their numbers.About a million species of insects have been described and named, and there are...

Those little white fluffy things you might have seen flying around and clinging to things (like cars and trees) in the past few weeks...

Those little white spots that you might have been flying around in the past few weeks and hanging on things...

Explore the great outdoors with Missouri's nocturnal insects this week. Why do insects that hit your windshield seem to hit exactly...

Have you noticed little white fluffy things flying around San Antonio? You're not alone. Molly Keck, senior program specialist for the integrated pest...

Naturalist and author Dave Goulson explains the shocking drop in insect numbers and what we can do to help before it's too late. Insects have...

meaningMayflies are the only insects still alive that molt after forming wings in a stage called subimago. Numerous authors have wondered whether this...

Joseph Mathieu, August 12, 2021Photo credit: Fangliang XuCarleton University professor of biology Heath MacMillan has spent most of his career understanding why insects live...

Smithsonian Voices National Museum of Natural History The Secret Lives of Mosquitoes,...