A decade-long study tallies the numbers of pest-eating, flower-pollinating hoverflies that travel to the UK every year, and illustrates their important ecological roles in southern Britain.

To their own detriment, aphid nymphs release body fluids that clot up a plant’s wound caused by insects predating on the gall where the colony lives.

Froghopper insects gain traction on smooth plant leaves by piercing them with tiny spikes.

The insects fell silent as the moon cast a shadow over parts of North America last summer, researchers report.

Transport of food sways between two modes.

The forces of supply and demand appear influence paper wasp (Polistes dominula) populations. When more nest options are available, helper wasps work fewer hours to earn membership in a colony.

A retired entomologist discovers a world of behavioral diversity in the courtship rituals of a well-studied moth species.

With the help of a virus that infects its prey’s nervous system, a parasitoid wasp coerces a lady beetle to protect its young.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research