North Carolina blueberry farmers are facing a newly identified threat beneath the soil.

How to identify and deal with the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, one of the most destructive pests in the United States.

The larvae of the tile-horned Prionus beetle, long present in NC is now targeting blueberry bushes, according to scientists ...

From water to air: we only know many flying insects as adults, but many of them have their first life stages in the water. The larvae of mayflies, for example, spend almost a year in the shallow shore ...

Oil, vinegar, soap, or bleach: Will any of these standard household ingredients kill off mosquito larvae before they hatch?

The June bug is also called the May beetle or June beetle. There are over 100 species of June bugs, and all of them start their lives as white grubs once they hatch from their eggs. These grubs can ...

You probably think a stray moth or a lone beetle is no big deal, but small lapses in how you store and rotate food can quietly invite a full-blown pantry infestation. Keep sealed, rigid containers, ...

A backyard can look peaceful on the surface while a tiny army quietly shapes everything underneath. Some insects protect ...

(a) Number of observation records per 500-m elevational band. (b) Number of genera and the number of their observation records in the database. (c) Cumulative number of observation records of each ...