A giant lacewing found at an Arkansas Walmart in 2012 is being heralded as the first specimen of its kind seen in eastern North America in more than 50 years. By Emily Schmall It took the Covid-19 ...

If possible, emailing digital photos of an unidentified insect pest can save time and save you on mailing costs. Things to remember when considering digital pictures: If insect is found feeding on a ...

The world’s largest flying aquatic insect, with huge, nightmarish pincers, has been discovered in China’s Sichuan province, experts say. According to the Insect Museum of West China, local villagers ...

A NEW super-sized species of stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The bug, which was caught on camera by researchers, measures a whopping 40cm (15.75 inches) long.

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber with a triangular head, almost-alien and "E.T.-like" appearance and features ...

The Museum has over 25 million pinned insects in the collection with extensive taxonomic and geographic information dating back 300 years The Digital Collections Programme has refined our pinned ...

Digitization is a crucially important part of every natural history museum’s work these days. Not only do museums house tens of thousands of specimens, but they are striving every day to turn those ...

A rare fossilized assassin bug is causing a bit of a stir in entomology circles because it is so remarkably well-preserved that one can distinctly pick out its penis. The specimen dates back 50 ...

The new species, named Acrophylla alta, is roughly the same size as a barn owl A NEW super-sized species of stick insect has been discovered in a remote rainforest in Australia. The bug, which was ...

Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber with a triangular head, almost-alien and 'E.T.-like' appearance and features so unusual that it has been placed in its own ...