While they will often choose to hibernate in places such as sheltered trees and sheds, your home is also a temptingly warm ...

Few people want to share space with insects. Long legs, quivering mandibles and segmented bodies skittering across walls or floors make many of us uncomfortable; for some, they’re downright terrifying ...

Someone once told me that a ladybug landing on you brings good luck. So recently, after a trip to Cordova Park in Otley, Iowa, I was ecstatic when I returned home and noticed what appeared to be a ...

It’s easy to confuse ladybugs with Asian lady beetles. Both have bright, colorful shells with black spots. Both help to brighten up your garden. And regardless of which one you encounter, you should ...

Kudzu bugs, also known as globular stink bugs, due to the odor they give off when crushed, have become an unwelcome guest across North Carolina each fall. Sometimes mistaken for "brown ladybugs," ...

Q. How can I identify ladybug eggs and larvae? I purchased a container of ladybugs about 3 weeks ago and released them on my roses. I no longer see any ladybugs but I do see some other bugs crawling ...

Ladybugs are insects that are part of the Coccinellidae (beetle) family. Similar to other beetles, ladybugs have a hard exoskeleton. They have rounded backs topped with shell-like forewings called ...