I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now ...

One moving into the state is considered more aggressive, larger wasps, which differ from other species by potentially having ...

Wasps are largely misunderstood insects, playing vital roles as pollinators, predators, and scavengers, far beyond their ...

These true bugs feed on plant juices through a straw-like mouthpart. They cluster around seed pods and feed on the developing ...

Humans are animal chauvinists: we like our insects pretty. As fall arrives, the monarch butterfly and praying mantids may ...

You see monarch caterpillars, you see monarch butterflies — but why don't you see a monarch chrysalis? Here's what makes them tricky to find.

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

During my three-week stay, I heard the songs and calls of pygmy nuthatches more frequently than I visually observed them.

The agriculture department has been focusing on coconut rhinoceros beetles on other Hawaiian islands, leaving Oʻahu largely ...

Gardeners can help preserve essential moth populations by incorporating a variety of native plants to support caterpillars, ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

Not just woolly bears, but tussock moth caterpillars and fall web worms adorned with tufts of hair of various and often ...