The longest of all stick insects (and insects in general) is a species called Phryganistria chinensis. First discovered in China in 2016, it can reach 25 inches long, or about the size of that ...

A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans might have built civilizations, but insects own the world. After all, over half of all known species are insects. So if they all suddenly ...

If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have ... harbor more treehopper species than found in all of Europe. Treehoppers are members of a huge and varied ...

“We’re very close to a one-stop shop for identifying all of these.” Iowa State University researchers led development of InsectNet to help farmers around the world. The application – which is backed ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people ... There are 133 known species and they all lead solitary lives. They are named after their habit of hunting tarantulas, which are ...

We want to embrace all different cultures in our food tastes, and I think insects is just the next the next step in that. "In another 20 years it will be commonplace to go and find your insects on ...

"Instantly mesmerized by the otherworldly power of those eyes that seemed to be casting a spell on me, I was completely drawn into its world." His boyhood fascination with insects continued into ...

That makes it useful to farmers everywhere. So, beware, armyworms, cutworms, grasshoppers, stink bugs and all the other harmful insects. And, hello, butterflies, bees and all the other pollinators.