Whether you're spending summer at home or in warmer climes, insect repellent is important for preventing bites and stings and the associated diseases transmitted by biting bugs. We've tested popular ...

A two-day celebration of butterflies in the eastern suburb will urge citizens to build better homes for the winged beauties ...

While not common, bug bites can occasionally cause bruising. This tends to happen with flying insects or those that bury themselves deep in your skin. Bug bites are a fact of life, especially if ...

P.G. The body forms of stick and leaf insects, or phasmids, mimic barks, branches, twigs, and leaves. Convergent evolution, or independent evolution of similar traits, is thought to be hindered by ...

The noisy insects have been silent for a few months now, but come spring 2025 their songs will ring out again. Broods of periodical cicadas only emerge every 13 or 17 years. Some years ...

Homes in Chester County are under siege. Pesky insects are irritating homeowners in what’s considered the United States’ “mushroom capital.” According to The Philadelphia Inquirer ...

A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

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Ever wondered how insects camouflage themselves so perfectly with their surroundings? How is it that a leaf insect looks so much like a leaf and a stick insect can easily be mistaken for a twig? The ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts.

A bug bite that looks like a bruise can come from spiders, hornets, wasps, mosquitos, and ticks. While red marks, welts, and itching are the most common symptoms of insect bites, bruising can also ...

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