A group of researchers has launched a new global database of bark and ambrosia beetles, with nearly 8,000 species records and ...

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A study finds the parasitoid wasp Tachinaephagus zealandicus to be a promising candidate for targeting the New World screwworm via biological control.

Researchers surveying southern California garden stores discovered the invasive Thrips parvispinus hiding on ornamental plants, showing the pest may be more widespread than previously reported and ...

Several ornamental plants commonly claimed to be mosquito-repellent don’t actually keep mosquitoes away under real-world conditions, a new study shows. Researchers say people should rely on proven ...

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Researchers at Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana are literally and figuratively working the bugs out of a tractor-mounted vacuum system they believe can be an important nonchemical addition to ...

Traumatic myiasis is about as gross as it gets. A gravid New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lumbers through the air, looking for the perfect place to deposit her heavy burden of ...

Most U.S. insects and arachnids remain unassessed for conservation risk, and even many known at-risk species lack legal protection. A study quantifying this lag in arthropod conservation reveals a ...

Delusional infestation (DI) is a fixed, false belief that living organisms or nonliving materials infest a person’s body or environment—characterized by persistent crawling, biting, or stinging ...

Veterinary medicine has always included insects, but only recently have veterinarians started actually treating insects. The earliest documented case of treating diseases vectored by insects dates ...