Aphids pierce veins, stems, growing tips, and blossoms with needlelike mouthparts. As a result, flowers are shed, plants are weakened, and yield is reduced.

Instead, a soda straw–style mouthpart works well for tapping veins in plant leaves to feed on but isn’t much help against ants scouring for food. Instead, a guarding mother bug body blocks and ...

The Culex Tarsalis mosquito, a primary carrier of West Nile Virus, is seeing an increase in population. Residents are urged to take precautions such as wearing repellent and eliminating standing ...

The mouthparts of the aphid lion are hollow and secrete a digestive enzyme that can dissolve an aphid's internal organs within 90 seconds. There are two groups of green lacewing larvae: “debris ...

More information: Wei‐Jiun Lin et al, What you eat is what we need: using ants to detect spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) DNA, Pest Management Science (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ps.8814 Wei ...

Like other “true bugs,” lace bugs have mouthparts that pierce and suck, which they jab into leaf cells to suck out the contents. This gradual removal of the leaf’s chlorophyll causes the ...

A new fossil discovery technique reveals that squids originated and rapidly became abundant, diverse, and dominant in the oceans 100 million years ago, reshaping our understanding of ancient ...

Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, according to a study published in the journal Science.

To help reduce the spread of West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne pathogens, Loveland’s annual mosquito mitigation program is now underway at 40 locations across the city.

What is West Nile virus? West Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of a Culex mosquito, or house mosquito, that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird, according to the IDPH ...

Their mouthparts are highly specialized, featuring a long, needle-like structure capable of piercing plant tissue and drawing up the sugary sap that flows through phloem vessels.