Builders are rather uncommon among adult leaf beetles though young ones of certain species use own feces to construct a defensive shield. Two closely related, hitherto unknown species of tiny southern ...

American elms, Ulmus americana, are native to North America from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia and from Texas to Florida. They grow 60 to 80 feet tall, with a thick trunk, the shape of a vase and a ...

Larvae of the leaf beetle Chrysomela lapponica attack two tree species: willow and birch. To fend off predator attacks, their larvae produce toxic butyric acid esters or salicylaldehyde, whose ...

The spiny leaf insect mother not only abandons her eggs, she's also figured out how to trick someone else into protecting and ...

The discovery of the rockrose prickly leaf beetle (Dicladispa testacea) is the first time the species has been recorded in Britain. It was identified from adult beetles on its namesake plant - the ...

A beetle more usually at home on the warm Mediterranean coast has been found for the first time living in the UK. Known as the rockrose prickly leaf beetle, the insect is reliant on a handful of plant ...

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad bright colors: shiny blue, red, orange ...

A research team led by Yang Xingke from Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, discovered a new species of the leaf-beetle genus Sphenoraia Clark, 1836 at Haizhu Wetland and named it as ...

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree Lesley Evans Ogden, Knowable Magazine Caroline Chaboo’s eyes light up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they ...

The viburnum leaf beetle has come to Minnesota, the latest in a series of invasive insects to arrive in the state. The state Department of Agriculture recently received its first report of the insect ...