Culex Pipiens mosquitos collected by the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District at Seymour Park in Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood wait to be tested on July 19, 2018. Hector Amezcua ...

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry ...

AS THE WEATHER GETS WARMER each year, something unavoidable happens: the insects come back out. While some find the bugs annoying or scary, we at Orion choose to celebrate them. In reading this list ...

Culex quinquefasciatu s Say is a vector of etiological agents of filariasis and encephalitis such as West Nile virus disease 1) and lymphatic filariasis 2. It is widely accepted that the spread of ...

Imagine, if you will, you are a fly. Out for a stroll when lo! A strong, sticky substance has you ensnared: a spider’s web, built by the eight-legged giant on its way to kill you. You ready ...

The prey is rarely completely immobilized, but it is delayed just long enough for the bug to insert its deadly mouthparts. This is significant because it is an example of assassin bugs using resin ...

The ability to use tools is not widespread in the animal world. It has previously been associated with mammals and birds. However, we are learning that some insects are also adept at tool use. One ...

This hits home as I look at shells I collected from an ocean beach, all strung up via a string passing through small holes in the shell. The hole was the work not of a human drill but of the ...

Morphology of three Brazilian species of Semiotus (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Semiotinae) Maria Helena ParreiraI; Sônia A. CasariI, II I Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, ...

Culex mosquitoes, which are the primary carriers of the virus, typically breed in motionless water with high organic content, often found in artificial containers like rimless tires, abandoned ...

This is because pulling off a leech could cause its mouthparts to be left in your skin, potentially causing an infection. Using an irritant, such as salt or heat from a hair dryer, is often the ...