“Candy” Scales Discovered in Dozens of Moth Species
A new Journal of Insect Science study provides insights into moth and butterfly communication and scale development.
Butterfly Pupae Make Sounds In Never-Before-Known Ways
New research explores how pupae of certain butterfly species make a "twittering" noise—via a wiggling movement that triggers sound from tiny structures in the membranes between their abdominal segments.
In Enemy Garb: A New Explanation for Wasp Mimicry
By Michael Boppré, Ph.D. A yellow-black insect at the coffee table—”Help, a wasp!” But, often, it is just an innocent hover fly, unable to sting. It is hard for us […]