Insects typically have varied and intriguing life cycles that are truly insightful ... the queen has been known to stick around, laying eggs and controlling the ant colony for up to 15 years.

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when ... The longest insect, according to Tim Cockerill, is a stick insect from South East Asia which grows to over 1ft long. One of the heaviest ...

The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of insects .” It’s an obligate pathogen, entirely dependent on its host, that ...

Some seeds stick to animals and some are shot out by the flower. Non flowering plants like ferns and mosses don’t even have seeds. They begin their life cycle ... carried by insects or blown ...

A new mossy stick insect was spotted flaunting its figure in the moist, mossy Chocó forests of northwestern Ecuador. The new ...

In the mountain forests of Vietnam, two creatures use their bodies to blend in with the leaves and branches — stick insects. The two animals, Mycovartes khoii and Mycovartes montanus ...

Some companies even claim that their devices get rid of all types of insects and pests ... University of Arizona College of Agriculture & Life Sciences extension. Since the 1960s, scientists ...

Vegetable oil is completely optional and just helps the mixture stick to the leaf before drying. "The fatty acids in the soap are what actually kills the insect, so you can ... "These small pests have ...

From weeping trees to teeth stronger than Kevlar, senior curator Dr Tom White sheds some light on a few of the fascinating, unnoticed ways the Moon shapes the course of life on Earth ... of fluid to ...

A WOMAN lost great chunks of her hair after being bitten by a tick. The 28-year-old initially noticed strands falling out ...