The invasive species, also known as the starry sky beetle for its appearance, destroys maples and other trees that shed their ...

If they become established in North America, the DNR said there will be "serious environmental and economic impacts." ...

Those bugs are probably earwigs—an earwig is a long black insect with what looks like pincers. An earwig’s “pincers” are located at the back of its body, so a black bug with pincers on its ...

An adult black carpet beetle is about 1/8 of an inch long and black. It can fly and crawl, much like all other types of beetles. As larvae, the beetles eat natural fibers.

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors ...

Some years the black beetles show up in the Tri-Cities gradually over months and their migration may go unnoticed. But other years they migrate in large numbers traveling in a single direction.

Beetles that can see the color red? That s exactly what scientists discovered in two Mediterranean species that defy the norm of insect vision. While most insects are blind to red, these beetles use ...

Alias: Mountain Pine Beetle, or Pine Borer. Adults are quarder-inch long black beetles. The larvae are white and can be found under the bark when peeled back. Both adults and larvae live under the ...

These half-inch long black beetles aren't exhibiting suicidal tendencies, just the opposite: survival skills. Their breeding requires being in the vicinity of coniferous trees freshly destroyed by ...

Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just the relatively harmless palo verde beetles, also known as palo ...

These beetles are easy to spot with their black color and white spots on their back and wings. Their bodies range between 1 and 1.5 inches long with two long black and white antennae.

The black or dull brown darkling beetles’ wing covers are fused so they are unable to fly and must spend their lives on the ground. Entomologists may identify them through their antennas, which ...