Here are some of the mot common bug, insect and spider bites you might be dealing with — and insect bite pictures to help you figure out what type of creature is responsible. Ticks are so small and ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Spittlebugs are nymphs of froghopper insects, which produce a cover of foamed-up plant sap that visually resembles saliva, ...

Insect Week runs from 19 to 25 June and you can find out more details or enter the new photographic competition on their website. This is a selection of the pictures that caught the judges' eye.

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have a clear shot at first place.

"As soon as I took my first photo I was just hooked," he said ... A damselfly is pictured covered in morning dew He often shoots insects at night to catch them sleeping, he said.