A “smiling” damselfly and shimmering beetle captivated judges in the Royal Entomological Society’s 2024 Photography ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Unprecedented images show how the insects cook invaders alive, stay warm or cool, and socialize. With tubular tongues, western honeybees in Langen, Germany, slurp up water to carry back to their ...

Minibeasts can also go by the more scientific term, invertebrates. This includes insects, crustaceans, millipedes and centipedes, even arachnids. Being an invertebrate means they don’t have ...