Entomology News

An estimated 25,000 bumblebees were found dead and dying in a Target parking lot in Wilsonville beginning Saturday, the largest known incident of bumblebee deaths in the United States according to the Xerces Society .

The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.

It was early September - that's springtime in Western Australia - and two young biologists, Dwayne Gwynne and David Rentz, were on a field trip, wandering dirt roads near the highways, looking for insects, when one of them noticed a loose beer bottle lying on the ground - not so unusual in the Dongara region, where Australians zooming by often ... (more)

Though everyone seems to have a different way of spelling tabbouleh -- toubouleh? tabouli? -- more and more people do seem to agree that this delicious Middle Eastern salad of bulgur wheat tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, olive oil and lemon juice is delicious.

DEAR JOAN: My husband found an unusual 2-inch black bug in the yard with orange wings and longish legs.

The St. Charles County Division of Environmental Health and Protection is asking homeowners to help reduce mosquitoes breeding areas and curtail incidences of the winged pest other biting insects.

The Valley Ranch Association in North Irving release thousands of ladybugs. The ladybugs not only act as a natural pesticide and a way to bring neighbors together.

If your garden includes zonal geraniums, petunias, roses or other flowers, now's the time to keep an eye out for destructive budworms .

What runs and hops much like a nimble house cat but has no head? An experimental cheetah -cub robot, currently covering new ground for scientists learning how to make four-legged robots move more efficiently.

The art and science of biomimicry teaches us to find solutions to our problems by looking at what nature has come up with to solve similar problems.

The City of Winnipeg isn't looking at fogging for mosquitoes yet -- trap counts are falling just short of what they need to to prompt a fog.

City code enforcement manager Brian Jiminez says bed bugs are becoming an issue at apartment complexes because of the large turnover in tenants.

Such procreative preferences help honeybee colonies survive by bringing more genetic diversity into the mix, according to a new study by entomology researchers at North Carolina State University and other institutions.

Heavy rains in early April delayed soybean planting in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane.

The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane.

When a barrage of brown marmorated stink bugs descended upon New Jersey in 2010, Hauser Hill Farms was not about to surrender its popular yellow, white and doughnut peaches.

She's hearing from 100 or more people a day who are frantically calling Little Giant Beekeepers for help in removing swarms of honeybees that are either scouting around for new homes or have taken up permanent residence.

Fires are of course a concern here in the Black Hills and even more so due to the pine beetle infestation.

Tasty? The new a 500,000 research project will work on ways to show people that insects can be delicious and not just a novelty... A new Danish research project aims to promote the widespread adoption of insects in our diets by showing that bugs and grubs are not only good for you, but are also delicious.