By 2050, almost 70% of the world's population will live in cities—20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world ...

University of Idaho entomologist and extension specialist Armando Falcon-Brindis and his team last year confirmed darkling beetle larvae and adults after homeowners in Eagle and Emmett reported ...

Armando Falcon-Brindis was busy with work at the University of Idaho’s Parma Research and Extension Center last summer when a request came in from an Eagle homeowner to identify the dozens of larvae ...

Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, a Mediterranean darkling beetle, has been documented in Idaho for the first time by University of Idaho entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis. Opatroides punctulatus ...

Keen-eyed wildlife watchers are being asked to look out for a rare parasitic insect with an unusual lifecycle. The larvae of the Short-Necked Oil Beetles lurk among flowers waiting for a passing ...

But he was still hungry. Daniel Rubinoff/University of Hawaii at Manoa On Saturday he ate through one black blister beetle, one darkling beetle, one earwig, one blow fly, one dog dung fly, another ...

The insect, Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, is part of the family Tenebrionidae, commonly known as darkling beetles — encompassing about 20,000 ground-dwelling beetle species that feed on ...

The insect, Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, is part of the family Tenebrionidae, commonly known as darkling beetles — encompassing about 20,000 ground-dwelling beetle species that feed on ...

The beetle hasn’t made it to ash trees in the city of Portland yet — as far as we know. But Dominic Maze is on the lookout. He’s most worried about the habitat along rivers and creeks where ...

Despite their impressive physical capabilities, Hercules beetles face significant conservation challenges. Habitat destruction, particularly the logging of rainforests in Central and South America, ...