Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

During the survey, the team documented around 60 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera); 30 species of dragonflies ...

Most fields held a few of them and a couple of fields had several hundred. Sloughs, too, were crowded with them. There they ...

The ant Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) is commonly known as the Pharaoh ant. This species is believed to be native to Africa, but it can currently be found throughout the United States.

Spring can be a busy time in our gardens. The emerging green shoots and blooming bulbs always lift the spirits, and there's ...

Small honey ants are not considered serious commercial pests throughout most of their natural range. However, because they can enter households and other buildings, some people think of them as ...

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. It is one of ...

ABSTRACT: Messor arenarius (Fabricius) are harvester ants, which are distributed mainly in deserts or sandy regions in the Middle East and North Africa. Nests structures of M. arenarius ants, are ...

Georgia Tech researchers (l-r) Daniel Goldman and Michael Goodisman pose with a tube containing simulated soil used to study tunnels being made by fire ants. They are holding examples of nests ...

It happens to every homeowner at some point. You look up and see a yellowjacket nest hanging somewhere around your home. It’s not safe to leave the nest alone and live near a colony of yellowjackets, ...