If you've ventured outdoors recently, you might have noticed an unusual amount of ladybugs — or perhaps insects that appear ...

know that it's actually an Asian lady beetle. Lady bugs and Asian lady beetle share similar characteristics in appearance but they're not the same type of bug, even though they're both in the ...

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Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) is a major pest of Florida citrus. Adult females lay eggs in masses sealed between leaves in the citrus canopy, and recently-hatched neonate larvae drop to the soil and feed ...

Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...

Besides enduring weeks of the 17-year cicada brood cacophony in 2024, we also dealt with the itch mite invasion that followed, an overabundance of earwigs in late spring and Asian lady beetle ...

Some lucky Sacramentans have been seeing a bevy of ladybugs rushing the foothills, the American River to Folsom Lake with their classic red and black speckled coats. Also known as a loveliness of ...