Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Cucumber beetles wouldn’t be quite so bad if they didn’t transmit deadly bacterial wilt to cucumbers and melons. Cucumber beetles are small, brightly colored insects that feed on cucurbit plants. The ...

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

Gonipterus platensis, or the Eucalyptus snout beetle, has a heavy impact on Eucalyptus forest plantations worldwide, and are mostly controlled using the micro wasp Anaphes spp, although control rates ...

Mexican bean beetles are especially problematic in the rainy areas of the East, and tend to pose fewer problems in dry climates. This article is part of ourOrganic Pest Control Series, which includes ...

Pathogens can drive the evolution of social behavior in insects. Ants and honeybees share nests of hundreds or thousands of individuals in a very small space. Hence the risk is high that infectious ...

(Phys.org)—U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists teamed with Broward County students today to release beneficial beetles that are proving to be an effective biological control against the ...

Dung beetles may not have the most glamorous name or lifestyle, but they are essential for the ecology of agricultural ...