If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long and decked out in ...

Few insects strike greater fear into the hearts of orchard-owners than rosy apple aphids. These tiny bugs feed on the leaves of apple trees, draining them of nutrients. Their saliva, meanwhile, ...

Tomato hornworms are a highly destructive pest of tomato plants, but they have predators you can encourage in your garden.

It's summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea—and wasps. This is a worker wasp. She is looking for food to feed to her sibling larvae in her mother's papery looking nest. Is she ...

Sitting on the deck on a summer afternoon, talking with friends. Nice in the shade. Pugnacious hummingbirds buzz past to make sure we know where we belong. A mosquito or two. Or three. One of my eyes ...