An insect’s life cycle follows similar stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult (or egg, nymph, adult). Most insects live rather short lives that can range from a couple of hours to a few months.

After spending nearly two decades beneath the surface, Brood XIV cicadas are emerging across Western North Carolina.

When we think of insects, we usually imagine tiny creatures that don’t live very long– here one day, gone the next. But ...

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when someone died. 3. Insects were first used to solve a crime in 13th-century China The first documented case of insects being used in forensic work ...

Sterile insects are not self-replicating and therefore cannot become established in the environment. Breaking the pest's reproductive cycle, also called autocidal control, is by definition ...

The decline of insects in Northern Ireland is "worrying", a charity has warned. Buglife carries out a Bugs Matter "splat survey" every year, where people count the number of insects on a car licence ...