The success of North American crops from corn to Christmas trees partly depends on a relatively invisible component of the food web -- ground beetles. Nearly 2,000 species of ground beetle live in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With over 1.5 million species of beetles crawling around the globe, it’s no surprise that about 2,500 of them call Arizona home — ...

Pexels Most gardeners have been conditioned to reach for the spray bottle the moment they see something moving on their ...

At N.C. State Extension we teach and encourage the practice of Integrated Pest Management in horticulture. As the name suggests, Integrated Pest Management is a pest control practice that integrates ...

Describing new species can take decades. But scientists are working to identify new ways to speed up our understanding of this hidden biodiversity. By looking at the genetic data of thousands of ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 5, 2025) A study conducted in Pennsylvania and published in Environmental Entomology highlights threats to nontarget organisms from neonicotinoid insecticide exposure. Using ...

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

Arizona has about 2,500 beetle species. Beetles are identified by their hard, sheathlike front wings; six legs; and distinct head, thorax and abdomen. Most beetles are harmless but some, such as ...