Here in Arizona, the monsoon rains will trigger another burst of fresh vegetation in summer, and with it many new species of Insects will emerge. The Iron Cross Beetle, Tegrodera aloga These flashy ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

Beetles are among the largest insects on Earth (the heaviest – the goliath beetle from Africa – weighs as much as a mouse) and also the smallest (it would take a quarter-million feather-winged beetles ...

This is a jewel beetle, one of the most beautiful insects in the animal kingdom. With over 15,000 species, these beetles are ...

Soldier beetles hunt for aphids and other small insect pests in marigolds, goldenrod, yarrow, daisies and other flowering plants.(Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Today, it’s beetle talk. Most ...

Last summer, I found a beautiful beetle on the back porch, took a picture and tried to identify it. Without success, I filed it away for another time. Then last week, that time came around. You see, ...

How lovely it is to roll a ball of dung among the pink flowers, accompanied by the one you adore the most. This is an illustration from the 1921 publication, Fabre’s Book of Insects. You can see more ...

‘I’ve got something for you,” my husband calls from the front door. He’s found an oddly beautiful beetle in the autumn woods. It’s around three-quarters of an inch long, a dark iridescent teal, and ...

The Frost Museum of Science is digging deep with its new exhibit about bugs, called “Bugs.” Alex Miranda, Deco’s own little paleontologist, is here with the deets. We are at the “Bugs” exhibition at ...

At any given moment, it’s estimated that 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects are alive and kicking on planet Earth. We don’t blame you if you’re not a fan of them all—but ...