Nov. 4 (UPI) --Inside ambrosia beetle colonies, mothers and daughters work and reproduce alongside one another, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

The unappreciated dung, or scarab beetle, an insect that evolved about 130 million years ago, must accomplish its nocturnal ...

The number of insects in Germany is declining rapidly - in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia alone, it has dropped by three-quarters within only 25 years. In a new study, biologists at Bielefeld ...

An azuki bean beetle on an azuki bean. The white spots on either side of the bean are beetle eggs. Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with ...

Between 1974 and 1983 data concerning egg production and recruitment were obtained by sampling populations of the whirligig water beetle Gyrinus marinus Gyll. All females reproduce, but they differ in ...

Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) are commonly associated with live host trees that are stressed, a relationship that has been attributed to lower host defenses or greater nutritional quality of ...

Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest ...

DESCRIPTION: The Ohlone tiger beetle is a brilliant green beetle measuring up to one-half inch in length. This beetle has prominent eyes, metallic green forewings, and long, coppery-green legs.

One finding is that leaf beetles lay roughly 35 per cent fewer eggs after coming into contact with traces of a frequently used pesticide: a pyrethroid. The researchers also showed that female ...