“Carpet beetles are much like moths being attracted to light,” says Jankowski. “So, porch lights or interior lights can bring them in from an open window or patio door.” Start by watching ...

Seasonal staff are starting to disperse throughout the state to set traps as part of the Washington State Department of ...

From flamboyant flower-hopping fritillaries to reclusive giant luna moths, we compare these two pollinators for our gardens ...

History Featured insects include the Picasso moth, the violin beetle, the green milkweed grasshopper and the cuckoo wasp. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Smithsonian Books Insects ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

What moth evolution couldn’t account for was the ... “Every night they’d fire on the lights and big beetles would come flying to the mercury-vapor lights, [and] land on the ground.

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...