When it comes to insect flight, we usually only think about how the insect’s wings contribute to aerial stability. But scientists have now discovered that the abdominal movements of some insects ...

Insects have a major vessel, which mostly looks like a giant tube, that runs from their head to their tail along their back.The "heart" is the section of this vessel that runs through the abdomen ...

Leathery and long, the ootheca is a capsule that emerges from the female’s abdomen partitioned into 60 to 70 compartments, each containing an egg that hatches into a nymph before the ootheca opens. It ...

The head, thorax, abdomen, and legs of this particular species of “bug” are colored primarily black. The two lengthy wings are also dark colored, although they more often than not are ...

Test your insect knowledge by answering these trivia questions. ... Describe the marking on the abdomen of a black widow. 5. During peak production, how many eggs can a queen bee lay per day? 6.

A 99-million-year-old firefly fossil is shedding new light on the mysterious origins of their glowing lantern. Many of us might feel a warm glow when we remember the fields fireflies illuminated ...