Most of us have had great experiences with butterflies. These delicate, mystical insects capture our attention as they flit ...

Its impressive wings, swathed in unique patterns and colors, provide a pleasant sight as it flits gracefully between flowers, ...

Looking at the proboscis in "slow motion" To demonstrate that this appendage control also occurs in insects, the researchers conducted sophisticated behavioural experiments in which hummingbird ...

Its proboscis is almost as long as its entire body and is kept curled up when not in use. One of the most remarkable aspects of the hummingbird hawk-moth is its vision. Unlike most insects ...

like the predatory leafhopper assassin bug (Zelus renardii), a leggy, long-bodied, hungry thing with a venomous proboscis, I spot another, smaller bug crawling along the same bit of wild grass.

Pollution can also make it harder for insects to learn. In a 2019 study, Girling and his colleagues first trained honeybees to recognize an odor using the sugar water–proboscis method.

I got an email from a reader. My reader was pleading, ‘HELP!’ Squash bug or Anasa tritis had invaded her garden. She had planted pumpkins, acorn, spaghetti, and butternut squash. There was no hint of ...

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Whoops! You left the door open, and one of the world’s least favorite flying guests just zipped inside: the house fly. Flies ...

Hawk moths are a diverse group of insects, with some 1,700 species worldwide ... The title for the world’s longest proboscis is held by a hawk moth endemic to Madagascar, which comes in at ...

Herbivorous insects, those that feed on plants ... Suckers, on the other hand, have a tube-like mouthpart called a proboscis that allows them to get liquid by sucking or lapping, whether from ...