Look at that bug!” is something most of us have said without a second thought, whether we’re pointing at a […] ...

Shutterstock It turns out that while all bugs are insects, all insects aren’t bugs. So if you’re an insect, I guess maybe you ...

The English word "bug" is often used in a curious way to refer to any small creeping thing, especially when people see them inside their homes. Both ants and spiders are called bugs, even though ...

This roach-looking insect has a sharp beak that brings a painful bite. Their front legs are equipped with claws to latch onto their prey and inject a venomous saliva. The toe-biter’s venom first ...

True to their generally passive demeanor, the bugs played dead while we manipulated them for photos. Once we had our fill of these fascinating creatures we released them back into the depths.

First, among the hundreds of thousands of species of the Coleoptera (beetles) and Hemiptera (true bugs) insect orders are many predatory creatures which dine on their plant-eating relatives.

The ferocious water bug delivers what some call the world's most painful insect bite ... Giant water bugs are the largest members of the insect Order Hemiptera, a group known as the “true bugs.” ...

The insect is, in fact, a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus), one of the largest insects in the assassin bug family. This insect is a true bug (Hemiptera sp.); the chief identifying characteristic of ...

Scales are plant-parasitic members of the diverse insect order Hemiptera (“true bugs”). Together with the mealybugs, they comprise the superfamily Coccoidea with over 8,400 species worldwide.

A new U.N. report says insects are a good alternative to conventional foods and ... * cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, scale insects and true bugs (Hemiptera) 10 percent * termites (Isoptera) 3 ...

The Hemiptera order is more commonly called true bugs. One of the ideas that make me feel better about dealing with any insect in a way that won’t harm my garden is the Integrated Pest ...

Stink bugs and leaf-footed bugs are considered true bugs (hemiptera order), have piercing-sucking mouthparts, emit a foul odor when disturbed and have similar life cycles.