Tiny insects called treehoppers sport some very odd helmets. Now, researchers have found the insects developed this headgear by reactivating and repurposing their wing-making machinery.

Insects Strange cicada facts to know before they emerge this spring: Zombie STD, strongest stream in animal kingdom Cicadas are susceptible to a sexually transmitted fungal disease that turns them ...

Another insect that lays eggs in the ground visited my yard recently. While sitting in the shade during a hot day in early month, I looked up to see a strange-looking insect in the grass.

But they are a regular, though never common, part of the insect fauna of late summer. I recognized this as a wasp, the Pelecinid. (Unfortunately, I am not aware of a more common name.) ...

Kid Walking Through the Woods Finds Strange Insect, Soon Learns It Will Put Him in the History Books by Western Journal February 17, 2024 at 8:08 am in Commentary ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one entomologist.

Measuring just over 5 mm long, the insect was found in Burma, encased in 100-million-year-old amber (fossilized tree resin).

Kajiado, Kenya: More than five primary schools in Kajiado Central risk closure due to a strange stinging caterpillar that has wrecked havoc in homes, schools, fields and farms. The insects ...

The Neotrogla insects are small - one tenth to one and a half tenths of an inch long (2.7 mm-3.7 mm) - and superficially look like flies, with nothing particularly unusual about their appearance ...