The Beetle with an Invisibility Cloak: How a Chemical “Catch-22” Traps Parasites Inside Ant Fortresses

Ant colony nests are known for their impenetrability. These highly organized insect societies will soon detect an intruder’s ...
KSNT Topeka on MSN

Alfalfa weevil pests are now active in Kansas, K-State reports

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas State University’s Entomology Department reported on Thursday that alfalfa weevils are now active in parts of south-central Kansas. K-State Entomologist Anthony Zukoff announced ...
The Journal

Boll weevil eradication most successful pest insect elimination program

Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the ...
AZ Central

Here's every beetle that could be crawling around your house or yard right now

Arizona has about 2,500 beetle species. Beetles are identified by their hard, sheathlike front wings; six legs; and distinct head, thorax and abdomen. Most beetles are harmless but some, such as ...
AZ Animals

Africa’s Giant Beetle with a Four-Figure Price Tag: Inside the Market for Goliath Beetles

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Tiny beetles can pose a big threat to Peninsula’s native trees

A close-up of a bark beetle near a bore hole on a tree trunk. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert ...