entomology

A study/horror story followed a bedbug infestation for more than a month to see where the pests went. Answer: Everywhere.

A certain chemical compound fed to honeybee larvae determines whether they grow into queens or workers.

They air-condition their own nests, eat constantly, and choose their children's sex.

First off, they're not even spiders.

The giant weta is one of the biggest insects on Earth, easily dwarfing most bugs and even some small rodents. Here are 10 facts you probably don't know about this New Zealand native.

There aren’t many things more beautiful than a butterfly—or many things creepier than parasites. It’s hard to think that you’d ever find one of the former that’s also one of the latter, but nature is full of surprises.

Some bees don’t really do any work at all.

When love is in the air for certain moth species, the female secretes a pheromone to signal that she’s ready to make little moths. An interested male will approach and “sing” her a courtship song composed of a series of ultrasonic pulses.

Study Finds Up To 14,000 Bed Bugs in Infested Apartments

Study Figures Out Why Queen Bees Become Queens

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10 Intense Facts About the Giant Weta

7 Infested Facts About Bed Bugs

(Almost) Everything We Know About the Orchid Mantis is Wrong

“Cuckoo” Butterflies Get Ants to Raise their Kids

How Antlion Larvae Eat Without a Mouth

Are Bees Really All That Busy?

This Moth’s Love Song Has a Dual Meaning