Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...

Non-native plant feeding insects can be serious agricultural pests, but a new study estimates that many such invasive insects remain undiscovered. (Getty Images) Over the past two centuries, thousands ...

Marcel Dicke (@DickeMarcel) already knew that insects are an excellent source of protein for humans, but he didn’t expect to learn that they have such a positive impact on plants. In an Opinion paper ...

Insects can be the bane of any gardener's life. While some bugs, such as bees and butterflies, are beneficial for pollination, others can cause significant harm to our plants, leaving them riddled ...

Voravut Ratanakommon, from Boston, looks at fried rice with meal worms that he ate at a pop-up restaurant. Menu items included grasshopper burger, meal worm fired rice and bbq buffalo worms. Hungry ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...