Insects that look like flowers: Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use camouflage to vanish into the background, a select ...

These insects initially resemble exquisite flowers, but upon closer inspection, the illusion quickly disappears. Some species have developed to imitate the petals, colours, and even textures of actual ...

Bugs including hoverflies, lacewings and ladybirds play an important role in keeping Britain's apples healthy, a new study has shown. Wildflower strips planted around apple orchards provide a habitat ...

I began a quest to learn to identify asters, all those multi-petal, tiny daisy-like flowers in hues of pink, purple and white blooming in autumn and attracting myriad species of bees and other insects ...

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they pollinate plants in urban areas? A study by the Federal Research Institute for ...

From boxelder bugs and Japanese beetles to fireflies and cicadas, here are the bugs Iowa homeowners are most likely to find ...