Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ...

Every spring, I see spiny bugs that look like tiny alligators. They spend all day chomping up other insects outside my window. I asked my friend Rich Zack about them. He’s an insect scientist at ...

A dragonfly begins its life in the water. Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with ...

There are two basic life-cycle patterns among animals. Many animals have complex life cycles with two or more very distinct stages; metamorphosis is the usual term for the often-radical changes that ...

The killing frost means that the life cycle of many insects has come to an end. It is so with the katydid. A katydid is really just a "long-horned" grasshopper or a "bush cricket." Crickets, ...

Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

LONDON(AP) — Cirque du Soleil’s show “Ovo,” Portuguese for “egg,” brings to life a colorful ecosystem teeming with insects. Set around the arrival of a mysterious egg, the production explores the life ...

New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America. In the study published in Environmental Entomology, researchers ...