Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

Latternflies are most likely to be spotted between spring and fall. While adults don't begin to show up until July and can be ...

A handful of new studies moves the needle toward a consensus on the long-disputed question of whether insect wings evolved from legs or from the body wall, but the devil is in the details. Jef Akst ...

After nearly 30 years of outreach events, education, and work experiences, Iowa State has decided to shut down the university ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of mosquito flight using super high-speed cameras and computer analysis to understand the unique mechanisms the insect uses to stay airborne. Despite solving the ...

Illinois College had a convocation on dragonflies ... who discussed the cultural and natural history of the insects through an interactive talk featuring music, art and poetry.

Flying insects are the large dragonflies (meganeura). At the top centre of the image is a Homoioptera with a pair of long tails. In the front of the pair of wings, it has a of pair flap-like ...