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 ...

Every year the garden teems with all kinds of dubious multi-legged life. Even skilled bugwatchers don’t always know what any one critter might be up to. Except for the obvious pests we soon ...

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 ...