As an adult, the caddisfly looks like a nondescript, slender brown moth. But as larvae, these fascinating insects build ...

No legs? Not a problem. Some pudgy insect larvae can still jump up to 36 times their body length. Now high-speed video reveals how. In nature, something has to go wrong for this to happen, says ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, a new study has found A common insect larvae could be ...

These insects and arachnids might startle you or send shivers down your spine, but there's no need to worry about these ...

Antlions or doodlebugs (Myrmeleon immaculatus) are tiny insect larvae that dig funnel-shaped pits in sandy soil in areas protected from wind and direct rainfall. If you have a sharp eye, you can find ...

Elaina O’Brien ran back to staff housing on a busy morning at the Camp Denali lodge last Friday to grab the radio she’d forgotten at her cabin. She looked down at the flagstone path, and what she saw ...

Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were already using a wide variety of tactics to protect themselves from predators 100 million years ago. Analyses of amber show that insect larvae were ...