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Insects (from Latin insectum) are invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have an exoskeleton...

ἔντομον (éntomon), meaning "insect", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "study", is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology...

Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, "crickets"...

Look up insect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insects are six-legged arthropods of the class Insecta. Insect, Insects or Insecta may also refer to:...

as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or...

Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis....

Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other...

Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the...

Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they...

discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne...

Insects are the most numerous and widespread class in the animal kingdom, accounting for up to 90% of all animal species. In the 2010s, reports emerged...

Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books. The damage to books that is commonly attributed to "bookworms" is often caused...

Insects have mouthparts that may vary greatly across insect species, as they are adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing...

Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 90,100. Data related to Machaeridia (insect) at Wikispecies v t e...

Male insects produce sperm, which is delivered to the female via the Aedeagus. Although in some insects, such as Bed bugs, the male can inject his sperm...

Insect collecting refers to the collection of insects and other arthropods for scientific study or as a hobby. Most insects are small and the majority...

evolution of insects is based on studies of the following branches of science: molecular biology, insect morphology, paleontology, insect taxonomy, evolution...

Franco as Titus (Insect King), an evil butterfly and the Insect Queen's son who later succeeds her Eman Abdul-Razzak as Young Titus (Insect Prince), a caterpillar...

Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are the most numerous group of multicellular organisms on the planet, with over a million species identified so...

Insect fighting is a range of competitive sporting activity, commonly associated with gambling, in which insects are pitted against each other. Forms of...

Insect farming is the practice of raising and breeding insects as livestock, also referred to as minilivestock or micro stock. Insects may be farmed for...

Insect Festival is a biennial series of one day events in the UK, organised by the Royal Entomological Society, to celebrate insects and entomology. The...

300 described species in Valenzuela. List of Valenzuela species Quelques insectes de l'Amérique Méridionale. L Navàs, 1924 "Valenzuela Report". Integrated...

Sia is a genus of Orthopteran insects in the family Stenopelmatidae, recorded from western Malesia. The Orthoptera Species File lists: Sia bugajus Gorochov...

A fly (pl. flies) is an insect of the order Diptera (from Ancient Greek δι- di- 'two' and πτερόν pteron 'wing'), named for the single pair of wings. The...

Insect Woman may refer to: The Insect Woman, a 1963 Japanese drama film Insect Woman (1972 film), a South Korean film This disambiguation page lists articles...

The Atair Insect is a powered paraglider in the mode of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) by Atair Aerospace Inc. The company showcased its LEAPP technology...

Retrieved 2018-02-24. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

Retrieved 2018-02-24. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

Cave-dwelling insects are among the most widespread and prominent troglofauna (cave-dwelling animals), including troglobites, troglophiles, and trogloxenes...

Yunga - Zyzzogeton Wikispecies has information related to Sharpshooter (insect). sharpshooters on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Homalodisca...

Passeriformes. Charles de Geer, 1752-1778 Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, digital facsimile at the Gallica...

Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved wings and flight. Insects first flew in the Carboniferous, some 300 to 350 million years...

Insect toxins are various protein toxins produced by insect species. Assassin bugs, sometimes known as kissing bugs, are one of the largest and morphologically...

Insect behaviour is any pattern of behaviour by insects that helps them to survive and reproduce. Aspects include behaviour patterns for feeding, avoiding...

addition, this insect has some characteristics superficially similar to mantises, however differ from other many characters. The insect body is 9.3 millimetres...

The Insect Trust was an American jazz-based rock band that formed in New York, United States, in 1967. The members of the band were Nancy Jeffries on vocals...

Species are found all around the world. A guide to an arrangement of British Insects: being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great...

Insect Queen refers to comic book characters from two different publishers Insect Queen (DC Comics), two versions of the character from DC Comics Insect...

Kermes is a genus of gall-like scale insects in the family Kermesidae. They feed on the sap of oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes"...

Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally...

Hildegardia is a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tetrigidae and since 2025 placed in the monogeneric subfamily of Hildegardiinae; it was erected...

Insect cognition is mental capacity in insects, and its study. The field developed from comparative psychology where early studies focused more on animal...

Genus of insects...

Beneficial insects (sometimes called beneficial bugs) are any of a number of species of insects that perform valued services like pollination and pest...

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (/koʊliːˈɒptɛrə/), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases...

relatively abrupt change in its body structure as part of its development. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and...

lights. They are mostly orange to yellow in color, and are endoparasites of insect larvae, particularly Lepidoptera. They are very diverse but morphologically...

pupae) is the life stage of insects from the Holometabola clade undergoing metamorphosis between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal...

d'histoire naturelle, Genève. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water. They feed in the same ways as other insects. Some diving insects, such...

Bacillus is a stick insect genus, common in Europe and North Africa. The Phasmida Species File lists: Bacillus atticus – Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 Bacillus...

Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids")...

Richard W.; Cummins, Kenneth W., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 978-0787232412. Houghton, D. C.; DeWalt...

Insect Week (formerly National Insect Week) is an initiative originating in the UK. Usually held during the last week of June, the aim is to engage the...

Sandgropers are wholly subterranean apterous insects of the family Cylindrachetidae that may grow up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Three genera of these orthopterans...

of family. With around 1 million insect species having been formally described and assigned a binomial name, insects are the most diverse group of animals...

There are no less than six fables concerning an impertinent insect, which is taken in general to refer to the kind of interfering person who makes himself...

Insect Warfare is an American grindcore band from Houston, Texas. Insect Warfare was originally founded in 2000 as a solo project of vocalist Rahi Geramifar...

Tetrix is the type genus of ground-hoppers or pygmy grasshoppers in the tribe Tetrigini; currently (2026) there are 136 accepted species in the genus Tetrix...

names of pre-Hispanic origin used in Mexico to refer to species of aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which, ahuauhtli ([aˈwawt͡ɬi]) (in...

and dried. The insect produces carminic acid that deters predation by other insects. Carminic acid, typically 17–24% of dried insects' weight, can be...

(/hɛˈmɪptərə/; from Ancient Greek hemipterus 'half-winged') is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within...

An insect hotel, also known as a bug hotel or insect house, is a manmade structure created to provide shelter for insects. They can come in a variety of...

Many countries have featured insects on stamps. Insect related topics such as the mosquito eradication (anti malaria) programme of the 1960s as well as...

The Insect Fear Film Festival or IFFF is an annual free event held every spring since 1984, and is the first university-sponsored event of its kind in...

The use of insect cell lines as production hosts is an emerging technology in the production of bio pharmaceuticals. More than 100 insect cell lines are...

colonies can be viewed as superorganisms. Eusociality has evolved among the insects, crustaceans, trematodes and mammals. It is most widespread in the Hymenoptera...

metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the...

Bees are winged insects that form a monophyletic clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, with over 20,000 known species...

Retrieved 30 December 2018. Grasshopper Country: The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, by David C. Rentz. 1995. ISBN 0-86840-063-7 Species synopses...

Insect biodiversity accounts for a large proportion of all biodiversity on the planet—over half of the estimated 1.5 million organism species described...

Insect olfactory receptors (also known as odorant receptors, ORs) are expressed in the cell membranes of the olfactory sensory neurons of insects. Similarly...

Nisyrus is a genus of stick insects belonging to the tribe Xeroderini and found in the Pacific Islands. The Phasmida Species File lists: Nisyrus amphibius...

The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the hexapod body (insects and entognathans). It holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma...

Sadyattes is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Platycraninae and tribe Stephanacridini. Species have a known distribution from Sumatra and Borneo...

disparate groups of wingless insects. Apterygota are a subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the...

Nawa Insect Museum (名和昆虫博物館, Nawa Konchū Hakubutsukan) is a museum in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Nawa Insect Research...

Insect tea refers to teas (in the broad sense, not always tea proper) made from leaves bitten by, and the droppings of, insects fed on specific plants...

state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect. More than half of the insects chosen...

online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-03-21. Arment, Chad (2006). Stick Insects of the Continental United States and Canada. Coachwhip Publications. v...

genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea (stick and leaf insects). The genus is in many ways typical of the Phasmatodea in that all species...

Insect traps are used to monitor or directly reduce populations of insects or other arthropods, by trapping individuals and killing them. They typically...

Pulvinaria is a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae. The type species is Pulvinaria vitis (as Coccus vitis Linnaeus). Pulvinaria acericola Pulvinaria...

groups (amphipods and isopods), and they are completely absent in insects. The legs of insects and myriapods are uniramous. In crustaceans, the first antennae...

The Insect Woman (Korean: 충녀; RR: Chungnyeo) is a 1972 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. A melodrama about a professor under psychiatric care...

Insect euthanasia is the process of killing insects "in a way that minimizes or eliminates pain and distress." It may apply to animals in the laboratory...

subclass of insects that includes all winged insects and groups which lost them secondarily. Pterygota group comprises 99.9% of all insects. The orders...

The Death of an Insect (Finnish: Erään hyönteisen tuho) is a 2010 short Finnish experimental film directed by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen...

Moths are a group of winged insects of the order Lepidoptera, the other well-known members of which are butterflies; they are characterized by dark or...

Insect pins are used by entomologists for mounting collected insects. They can also be used in dressmaking for very fine silk or antique fabrics. As standard...

Rhaphidophora xishuang Gorochov, 2012 Serville (1838[1839]) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 389 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus...

a branch of applied entomology that uses insects and other arthropods as a basis for legal evidence. Insects may be found on cadavers or elsewhere around...

hàichóng diàochá chū bào" 信阳中籼稻、粳稻害虫调查初报 [Preliminary Investigation of Insect Pests in Mid-season Indica and Japonica Rice Fields of Xinyang Region]....

The Micromechanical Flying Insect (MFI) is a miniature UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) composed of a metal body, two wings, and a control system. Launched...

Harmful Insect (害虫, Gaichū) is a 2001 Japanese drama film directed by Akihiko Shiota and starring Aoi Miyazaki. Shiota credits the original story to Yayoi...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild...

A Wood Destroying Insect Report (WDI Report) is generated during a home inspection while looking for wood destroying insects such as termites, carpenter...

insect, the Australian giant prickly stick insect, Macleay's spectre, or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect....

interest in developing "cyborg insects" to transmit data from sensors implanted into the insect during the pupa stage. The insect's motion would be controlled...

Retrieved 2018-03-06. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9...

into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase...

Insect Armageddon may mean Decline in insect populations, a widespread loss of insect numbers and species Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, a computer...

the world, domesticating different crops and animals. Three groups of insects, namely ambrosia beetles, leafcutter ants, and fungus-growing termites...

occasionally gained superhuman powers and assumes the superhero identities of Insect Queen and Superwoman. Lana has appeared in other-media adaptations of Superman...

ectoparasitoids of armoured scale insects (Diaspididae). Adult female wasps lay eggs under scale covers onto the bodies of scale insects, which hatch into larvae...

Paul Insect is a UK contemporary artist, who is most famous for his 2007 solo show Bullion exhibition at London's Art gallery, Lazarides Gallery. Damien...

small, primitive, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined...

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described...

Eubulides is a stick insect genus native to the Philippines. The representatives of Eubulides are medium-sized, very slender and only slightly or hardly...

This is a list of insect galls arranged into families. Podapion gallicola Saperda fayi - Thorn-limb Borer Saperda populnea - Small Poplar Borer Ampeloglypter...

Cryptococcus is a genus of scale insects in the family Eriococcidae. Cryptococcus on uio.mbl.edu Data related to Cryptococcus at Wikispecies Cryptococcus...

The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognisable due to its striking red and black coloration, it...

Theramenes is a genus of medium-sized stick insects in the tribe Obrimini, which is native to the Philippines and to the Indonesian Talaud Islands. The...

Morganella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae. Morganella longispina is the type species. It is named for Albert C. F. Morgan, the...

Insect pheromones are neurotransmitters that serve the chemical communication between individuals of an insect species. They thus differ from kairomones...

The Insect Woman (Japanese: にっぽん昆虫記, Hepburn: Nippon konchūki; lit. "Entomological Chronicles of Japan") is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Shōhei...

Insect mandibles are a pair of appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most anterior of the three pairs of oral appendages (the labrum is more anterior...

Insect-based pet food is pet food consisting of, or containing insects digestible by pets such as dogs or cats. A limited, but growing number of products...

Insect olfaction refers to the function of chemical receptors that enable insects to detect and identify volatile compounds for foraging, predator avoidance...

insect hatch". Appleton Post Crescent. Retrieved 2020-07-15. Weaving, Alan; Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects...

In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also...

abdomen. Lepidoptera have some of the most complex genital structures in the insect groups with a wide variety of complex spines, setae, scales and tufts in...

Cagaster of an Insect Cage (Japanese: 虫籠のカガステル, Hepburn: Mushikago no Kagasuteru) is a Japanese manga series by Kachō Hashimoto released from 2015 to 2016...

This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. abbreviate(d) (adjective) Of an organ or member:...

Insect Shield is a brand of insect repellent used on clothes. It contains permethrin, which is similar to bug-repellent, and registered by the U.S. Environmental...

Australian brand of personal insect repellent sold and distributed in Australia, New Zealand, and online. It was the first insect repellent invented in Australia...

Xenos is a genus of insects belonging to the family Xenidae. The word derives from the Greek word for strange. The type species of the genus is Xenos...

Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. 'monstrous vermin') and struggles...

A genetically modified (GM) insect is an insect that has been genetically modified, either through mutagenesis, or more precise processes of transgenesis...

In insects, the abdomen contains the insect's digestive tract and reproductive organs. It consists of eleven segments in most orders of insects, though...

Cockroaches (or roaches) are insects belonging to the order Blattodea (Blattaria). About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats...

Ramulus ceylonense is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Ramulus ceylonense Otte & Brock, 2005". Catalogue...

In insect anatomy, the arista is a simple or variously modified apical or subapical bristle, arising from the third antennal segment. It is the evolutionary...

The Insect Science Museum (traditional Chinese: 昆蟲科學博物館; simplified Chinese: 昆虫科学博物馆; pinyin: Kūnchóng Kēxué Bówùguǎn) is a museum of insects in Zhongzheng...

Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterised by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold...

Insects have appeared in mythology around the world from ancient times. Among the insect groups featuring in myths are the bee, fly, butterfly, cicada...

insect. Typically, insects which generate allergic responses are either stinging insects (wasps, bees, hornets and ants) or biting insects (mosquitoes, ticks)...

active ingredient, and one of the most effective and common, in commercial insect repellents. It is a colorless to slightly yellow oil intended to be applied...

Oxyartes is a genus of stick insects in the family Lonchodidae and tribe Necrosciini; species records are from India through to Indochina. The Phasmida...

Libethra is a genus of stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae. There are more than 30 described species in Libethra, found in the Neotropics. These...

Entoria is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Stål in 1875. Species have been recorded from: China, Japan, Indochina and...

Insects as feed are insect species used as animal feed, either for livestock, including aquaculture, or as pet food. As livestock feed production uses...

The Insect Surfers are an American band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1979. The group bills itself "Planet Earth’s Longest-Running Modern Surf Band,"...

Insect thermoregulation is the process whereby insects maintain body temperatures within certain boundaries. Insects have traditionally been considered...

Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles (especially silk), and dyestuffs, or...

lists two insect subspecies as critically endangered. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN. Additionally 1702 insect species (28%...

The Insect Trust Gazette was a poetry journal published at Temple University in Philadelphia. Three issues appeared from 1964 - 1968. It was edited by...

Paradecolya inexspectata is a species of insect, belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. This species is known from La Réunion. It has a body length of...

Podalonia luffii is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is native to Europe. "Podalonia luffii (E.Saunders, 1903)". www.gbif.org...

(1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. 3: i–xii; 1–467. Global Biodiversity Information...

some insects that spend a significant amount of their time underwater, that serves as a breathing tube. The larvae of several kinds of insects, including...

Insect winter ecology describes the overwinter survival strategies of insects, which are in many respects more similar to those of plants than to many...

parasites. In homes and urban environments, the pests are the rodents, birds, insects and other organisms that share the habitat with humans, and that feed on...

he reconnects with Ronnie and says he is becoming a hybrid of human and insect he nicknamed "Brundlefly." He has begun vomiting digestive enzymes onto...

Angels and Insects (sometimes styled as Angels & Insects) is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Philip Haas and starring Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit...

Brasidas is a genus of stick insects that is native to the Philippines and is named after the Spartan general Brasidas The representatives of this genus...

Insect migration is the seasonal movement of insects, particularly those by species of dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths. The distance can vary...

An insect growth regulator (IGR) is a chemical insecticide that kills insects indirectly by disrupting their life cycle. The term was initially proposed...

Pictures from the Insects' Life (Czech: Ze života hmyzu) – also known as The Insect Play, The Life of the Insects, The Insect Comedy, The World We Live...

Pylaemenes is a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae and subfamily Dataminae. It combines small to medium-sized, often brightly colored...

Kassberg (born circa 1988), known professionally by his pseudonym Starving Insect (earlier on known as Despairful Tomorrow) is a Swedish hardcore techno DJ...

The cervix in insects is a membrane that separates the head from the thorax and is composed of structures from both of these. A pair of lateral cervical...

Aretaon is a genus of stick insects native to Borneo and the Philippine island Palawan. The species of the genus Aretaon correspond in the habitus typical...

acellular slime mold of the genus Leocarpus. The common name in English is insect-egg slime mold. L.fragilis can be found on leaf litter, typically in temperate...

The Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM) is the largest insect collection in Iran with over 4 million insect specimens, including 20–25,000 local species...

Anchiale modesta is a medium-sized stick insect from Papua New Guinea. Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae...

Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, especially but not only of flowering plants, is distributed by insects. Flowers...

the Lord Howe Island stick insect, Lord Howe Island phasmid or, locally, as the tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives in the Lord Howe...

Live insect jewelry refers to jewelry made from living creatures – usually bejeweled oversized insects – which is worn as a fashion accessory. The use...

Calvisia is a genus of stick insects in the subfamily Necrosciinae (tribe Necrosciini). Species are known to be distributed in temperate and tropical...

Gunma Insect World (ぐんま昆虫の森, Gunma Konchū-no Mori) Insect Observation Facility in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan is a learning facility for observing the ecology...

Dyme is a genus of common walking stick insects in the family Diapheromeridae. There are about 10 described species in Dyme, found in South America. These...

commonly known as the giant northern stick insect or Wülfing's stick-insect, is a species of stick insect belonging to the taxonomic tribe Phasmatini...

Orxines macklottii, is a species of stick insect endemic to Java. It is better known as the Javanese Lichen Stick Insect due to their habit of covering their...

The head in most insects is enclosed in a hard, heavily sclerotized, exoskeletal head capsule. The main exception is in those species whose larvae are...

hatchlings varies from nonexistent to the prolonged care provided by social insects. The evolutionary ancestry of arthropods dates back to the Cambrian period...

Noiseman Sound Insect (音響生命体ノイズマン, Onkyo Seimeitai Noiseman) is a short anime film directed by Koji Morimoto, with production by Studio 4°C and music by...

from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere", is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major...

medium-sized species of stick insects. A relatively rarely used common name for the genus is triangular back stick insect, which in turn refers to the...

Elenchus is an insect genus in the family Elenchidae. Data related to Elenchus at Wikispecies v t e...

The Insect Habitat was a science payload intended for the International Space Station as part of the Space Station Biological Research Program (SSBRP)...

which collect the spermatophore and insert it into the female. In male insects, the structure analogous to a penis is known as aedeagus. The male copulatory...

Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8. Data related to Cota (insect) at Wikispecies v t e...

Journal of Insect Behavior is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of insect research. It is published by Springer Science+Business...

lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps...

Hemineura is a genus of insects belonging to the family Elipsocidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: Hemineura...

Insect foraging cognition is the use of an insect's cognitive abilities to find food. Insects inhabit many diverse and complex environments. Cognition...

In entomology, petiole is the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and wasps in the suborder Apocrita. The petiole can consist...

is common in dioecious plants and dioicous species. Males and females in insect-pollinated species generally look similar to one another because plants...

Most insects reproduce oviparously, i.e. by laying eggs. The eggs are produced by the female in a pair of ovaries. Sperm, produced by the male in one...

listed 343 endangered insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 5.7% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 21 insect subspecies as endangered...

Insect ecology is the interaction of insects, individually or as a community, with the surrounding environment or ecosystem. This interaction is mostly...

(/ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi/, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term, usually applied to...

the insect pheromone-binding family A10/OS-D is a family of small helical proteins postulated to contribute to the specificity of the insect’s olfactory...

The Center for Insect Biomanufacturing and Innovation (CIBI), formerly known as the Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming (CEIF)...

living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been...

anatomical structure in the insect group known as sawflies. The cenchri are small blister-like lobes on the metanotum of these insects, just posterior to the...

(around 0.02 oz). Some eggs laid by reptiles and most fish, amphibians, insects, and other invertebrates can be even smaller. Several major groups of animals...

Insects in ethics concerns ethical views about the moral status and treatment of insects, including whether humans have obligations to avoid harming or...

A gall-inducing insect is any insect that can cause the growth of galls within plants. There are several groups of insects that meet this description....

The PROteINSECT project is a European Union initiative, coordinated by the UK Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), that would legalize the use...

Sinaphididae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. Sinaphididae at Paleobiology Database Wikispecies...

Pulmonoscorpius), myriapods (e.g. Arthropleura) and especially insects (particularly flying insects) also underwent a major evolutionary radiation during the...

species in the genus Pedetontus of the family Machilidae which belongs to the insect order Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails). "Pedetontus". Retrieved 2026-02-04...

Insect and Individual Silenced is the fourth album by Nurse with Wound. The album was recorded in 1981 with core member Steven Stapleton being joined by...

Scales are present on the bodies of various insects. A notable example are the Lepidoptera, the insect order comprising moths and butterflies, which have...

are more reactive to chemical cues released by preferred prey. Eusocial insects like ants and honey bees are multicellular animals that live in colonies...

Geinitzia is an extinct genus of flying insects belonging to the order Reculida and family Geinitziidae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the...

Timema knulli, Knull's Timema, is a stick insect native to California. Strohecker, H. F. (1951). "Three New Species of North American Orthoptera". Annals...

Kerria is a genus of scale insect of the family Kerriidae. The species are found throughout southeast Asia, India and southern China. Subgenus Kerria (Chamberliniella)...

Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) Aphidoidea (aphids) Aphididae Coccoidea (scale insects) Aclerdidae Asterolecaniidae (pit scales) Beesoniidae (beesoniids) Carayonemidae...

A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect from the genus Apis of the largest bee family, Apidae. Honey bees are known for their construction...

Lachnus roboris is a species of insect belonging to the family Aphididae. It is native to Europe. "Lachnus roboris (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved...

goliath, commonly known as the goliath stick insect, or the regal stick insect, is a large species of stick insect in the family Phasmatidae, endemic to Australia...

Periplaneta lebedinskii is a species of cockroach, a blattoid insect of the family Blattidae. It was found for first time in 1903 by Adelung. Bisby F.A...

Permila borealis is an extinct insect. "Permotipulidae -- fossil diptera cat". hbs.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-05-16. v t e...

Tipula californica is a species of insect from the subgenus Hesperotipula. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tipula californica. Doane, R.W. 1908...

Many species of arthropods (insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes) can bite or sting human beings. These bites and stings generally occur as a...

Resins protect plants from insects and pathogens and are secreted in response to injury. Resins repel herbivores, insects, and pathogens, while the volatile...

component of the open circulatory system characteristic of arthropods such as insects, arachnids, myriapods and crustaceans. Some non-arthropod invertebrates...

Maxentius is a genus of insect in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae and formerly treated as a subgenus of the genus Sia. Species can be found in sub-Saharan...

wingspan of 20 cm (7.9 in). Stick insects (Phasmatodea) The longest known stick insects are also the longest known insects, notably species in the tribe Pharnaciini...

Insect diuretic hormones are hormones that regulate water balance through diuretic action. The insect excretory system, responsible for regulating water...

Amanayara is a genus of insect in family Gryllidae. The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species: Amanayara bernardesi Pereira, Sperber...

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum, also known as the Entomological Museum, is a museum in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. It includes more than 100,000 specimens...

the tensile strength. Biomineralization occurs mainly in crustaceans. In insects and arachnids, the main reinforcing materials are various proteins hardened...

The population dynamics of pest insects is a subject of interest to farmers, agricultural economists, ecologists, and those concerned with animal welfare...

type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Anostostoma australasiae Gray, 1837 Anostostoma erinaceum...

Zagrammosoma is a genus of hymenopteran insects in the family Eulophidae. They parasitize leafmining larvae of the insect orders Lepidoptera and Diptera. Zagrammosoma...

meaning "bride") is the juvenile form of some invertebrates, particularly insects, which undergoes gradual metamorphosis (hemimetabolism) before reaching...

An insect's respiratory system is the system with which it introduces respiratory gases to its interior and performs gas exchange. Air enters the respiratory...

Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artifacts and is a field of study in forensic entomology. Such evidence is...

paper was a way to systematize and compare the hemolytic properties of insect venoms. A table in the paper included a column that rated sting pain, starting...

Insects have a wide variety of predators, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, carnivorous plants, and other arthropods. The great majority...

Desmococcus is a genus of scale insects in the family Margarodidae, comprising two species from the western United States, feeding on pines. The type...

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic...

Food Prize for their collaborative achievements in developing the sterile insect technique for eradicating or suppressing the threat posed by pests to the...

bright colours. However, there may be red marks on the head. When the insects are at rest, the wing surfaces form a common plane like in house flies...

discharge insect control system, electric insect killer or (insect) electrocutor trap, is a device that attracts and kills flying insects that are attracted...

(often misspelled Phyllidae) is a family of stick insects and contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most...

study of insects and closely related terrestrial arthropods, has been impelled by the necessity of societies to protect themselves from insect-borne diseases...

Acupalpus antongilensis is an insect-eating ground beetle of the genus Acupalpus. Basilewsky, Pierre (1951). Révision générale des Harpalinae d'Afrique...

Cladonota inflata is a species of treehopper insect. "Cladonota (Lecythifera) inflata (Fowler, 1894)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands...

Leach, 1818 Leach WE (1818). On the Classification of the Natural Tribe of Insects Notonectides, with descriptions of the British Species. Transactions of...

Pharnacia sumatrana or Sumatran Stick Insect is a species of stick insect endemic to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java. Females are large and have a...

Enicospilus adek is a species of insect in the genus Enicospilus of the family Ichneumonidae within the order Hymenoptera. It was first scientifically...

Parasosibia ceylonica is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasosibia. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Parasosibia ceylonica...

(15⁄32 in) long, and the powerful sting is considered one of the most painful insect stings in the world. The female tarantula hawk wasp stings a tarantula between...

Eurycantha calcarata (common names thorny devil stick insect and giant spiny stick insect ) is a species of phasmid endemic to Australasia. Eurycantha...

Throscodectes xederoides is a species of insect in family Tettigoniidae. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist Group (1996). "Throscodectes...

(also spelled weta in English) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to...

Omura congrua is a species of insect from the genus Omura. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omura congrua. Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the...

are found in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, Hawaii, and Australia. Insects of this genus are omnivorous and a well-known pest of many agricultural...

australasiae is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. Green...

The firebrat (Thermobia domestica) is a small insect (typically 1–1.5 cm) in the order Zygentoma. They look similar to the related silverfishes, but are...

Paratachardina decorella, the rosette lac scale, is a scale insect in the Kerriidae family. "Paratachardina decorella (Maskell, 1893)". Global Biodiversity...

R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi:10.1093/database/bav118. Retrieved 2024-10-19...

"Nature's mega food market for insects. Over 450 insects are known to feed on some portion of the plant. Numerous insects are attracted to the nectar-laden...

Hedotettix brachynota is an insect found in China, belonging to the Tetrigidae family. Hedotettix grossivalva Hedotettix xueshanensis Zheng, Zhemin; Xiaohong...

Latin siccus = dry, folium = leaf – 'dry leaf') is the species of the leaf insects (Phyllioidea) known to science for the longest time. It was described by...

Entomopathogens are pathogens that infect insects. Entomopathogens include: Entomopathogenic fungus Entomopathogenic nematode Entomopathogenic virus Entomopathogenic...

Onconotus servillei is a species of insect in family Tettigoniidae. It is found in Hungary and Romania. Hochkirch, A.; Szovenyi, G.; Iorgu, I.S.; Ivkovic...

Antongilia laciniata is a species of stick insect endemic to the wet forests of Madagascar. It is noted for its resemblance to moss, making it hard to...

Cryptophyllium celebicum, simply known as walking leaf mimic insect, is type species of leaf insect in the new (2021) genus Cryptophyllium, which has been placed...

digging up pupae for rearing. He published a book The Insect Hunter's Companion to popularize insect study. Greene studied at Trinity College Dublin, graduating...

Enicospilus cameronii is a species of insect in the genus Enicospilus of the family Ichneumonidae within the order Hymenoptera. It was first scientifically...

Thymus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Universal Chalcidoidea Database Archived 2007-03-10...

Parthenolecanium quercifex, the oak lecanium scale, is a species of soft scale insect belonging to the family Coccidae within the order Hemiptera. The scientific...

Urocerus gigas gigas Urocerus gigas taiganus Urocerus gigas is a wood-boring insect that attacks softwoods of freshly felled logs/unhealthy trees. The species...

Picaridin, also known as icaridin, is an insect repellent that can be used directly on skin or clothing. It has broad efficacy against various arthropods...

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use...

stick insect (Bacillus rossius) also called the European stick bug, European walking stick, or Mediterranean stick insect, is a species of stick insect, common...

Halter (lacewing), a genus of insects in the family Nemopteridae Halteres, singular halter, small organs found in some insects Holter (disambiguation) This...

Errhomeninae is an insect subfamily of the family Cicadellidae, or the leafhoppers. It contains 3 tribes. Bathysmatophorini Anufriev, 1978 † Ambericarda...

Clitarchus hookeri, commonly known as the smooth stick insect or the common stick insect, is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to New Zealand...

Bison Licking Insect Bite is a prehistoric carving from the Upper Paleolithic, found at Abri de la Madeleine near Tursac in Dordogne, France, the type-site...

Ramulus trilineatus is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Ramulus trilineatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)"...

A leaf miner is a larval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves. The term does not describe a single...

Trachythorax illaesa is a species of stick-insect from in the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Males are much smaller than females and they are...

natural pyrethrin as the active agent. It is also known as Persian pellitory, insect powder and internationally as pyrethrum. Persian powder is a green pesticide...

grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they become more...

freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere. They are oval-bodied, aquatic insects with raptorial front legs. Like other members of the Nepidae, they have...

from Greek side, rib) is a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the tergum and the sternum. While the tergum is positioned on the...

Sipyloidea sipylus, the pink winged stick insect or Madagascan stick insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is the most...

prey—chiefly insects and arachnids—with a "jaw"-like clamping structure, which is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves; when an insect makes...

Enicospilus yezoensis is a species of insect in the genus Enicospilus of the family Ichneumonidae within the order Hymenoptera. It was first scientifically...

Look up borer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Borer may refer to: Common furniture beetle, also known as the common house borer Shoot borer Stemborer...

covers Arctic pollination, insect colour perception and floral colours, bee biology, thermoregulation in plants and insects; arctic, alpine, tropical and...

Eorpidae is a small family of extinct insects in the scorpionfly order, Mecoptera, which contains a single genus, Eorpa. Three Eocene age species found...

breeds in the pitchers of pitcher plants, its larvae feeding on decaying insects that have drowned there. Oviposition, egg-laying, varies between species...

butterfly net (sometimes called an aerial insect net or bug net) is one of several kinds of nets used to collect insects. The entire bag of the net is generally...

Boogie Monster" "Mushroom Hair Cut" "Whatever" "Pigmy Jerboa" "An Elephant Insect" "Computer Language" "Mango Juice (for George Harrison)" Naoko Yamano -...

caves and used as fertiliser. Bats consume insect pests, reducing the need for pesticides and other insect management measures. Bats are sometimes numerous...

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a 2011 third-person shooter developed by Vicious Cycle Software, and published by D3 Publisher, for the PlayStation...

Omalus puncticollis is a species of insect belonging to the family Chrysididae. Synonym: Omalus aeneus puncticollis "Taxonomy browser (Omalus puncticollis)"...

2025-06-11. Green, Edward Ernest (1908). "Mimicry in insect life, as exemplified by Ceylon insects". Spolia Zeylanica. 5. Colombo Museum: 87–94. doi:10...

Enicospilus pungens is a species of insect in the genus Enicospilus of the family Ichneumonidae within the order Hymenoptera It was first scientifically...

what is considered a delicacy. The long-standing tradition and practice of insect consumption represented in Oaxaca, Mexico has occurred for centuries. The...

glands.[better source needed] These glands are found only in mammals. In insects, male accessory glands produce products that mix with the sperm to protect...

related to social insects as they are usually detected by direct contact with chemoreceptors on the antennae or feet of insects. Insect sex pheromones have...

abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on larvae of insects such as sawflies. In all the orders...

trachea or tracheole in an insect's respiratory system. The geometry of the Taenidiae varies across different orders of insects and even throughout the tracheae...

1888 Walker F (1858) Supplement. List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, p. 1-307 [58]. World Auchenorrhyncha...

Nanodectes bulbicercus is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist Group (1996). "Nanodectes...

meditation, and ceremonial reasons. It may also be used as a simple deodorant or insect repellent. Incense is composed of aromatic plant materials, often combined...

319–322. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Blanchard, C.E. (1845). Histoire des insectes. Vol. 2. Paris: F. Didot Freres. pp. 524 pp., pls. 11–20. Rondani, Camillo...

Sasajiscymnus tsugae, formerly Pseudoscymnus tsugae, is a species of insect in the family Coccinellidae. It feeds on the hemlock woolly adelgid. The species...

contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, or the insects directly acting as a...

Sylhetia spinata is a species of insect in the leafhopper family Cicadellidae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. "Species 2000 & ITIS...

Acrophylla titan, the titan stick insect, is the third-longest stick insect found in Australia. First described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826, it was...

by its common name West African slender-stingless bee, is a species of insect in the genus Dactylurina, first described in 1893 by Giovanni Gribodo. Wikimedia...

The Denmark Hill Insect Bed is a Triassic fossil locality in the Denmark Hill Conservation Park of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It belongs to the Blackstone...

Villa vestita (Walker, 1849) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villa (insect). Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae...

ISBN 978-3-89555-423-0 Bresseel, J. & Constant, J. (2018). The Oriental stick insect genus Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906: Taxonomical notes and six new species...

Clitoria is a genus of mainly tropical and subtropical, insect-pollinated flowering pea vines. This genus was named after the human clitoris, for the flowers...

a genus of slender predatory insects of the family Nepidae, known as Water mantis, water scorpions or water stick-insects. There are more than 140 Ranatra...

Monodontomerus is a genus of wasps in the family Torymidae; they are parasitoids of various insect orders. "Genus Monodontomerus". v t e...

abdomen area is flattened on the sides and greatly broadened. The nocturnal insects hide during the day in the leafy layer of the ground or on or behind bark...

kingdom of Fungi, that can infect and seriously disable or kill insects. Pathogenicity for insects is widely distributed in the kingdom of fungi and occur in...

Insects have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" to such popular songs as "Blue-tailed Fly" and the folk song "La Cucaracha"...

The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is an obsolete biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species have...

Eusocial insects have developed from their organization an ability to recognize one another within their society. This recognition of others, from recognizing...

Fogging is a technique used for killing insects that involves using a fine pesticide spray (aerosol) which is directed by a blower. In some cases, a hot...

Phobaeticus lobulatus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Phobaeticus. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Phobaeticus lobulatus...

social wasps such as yellowjackets are both hunters and scavengers of other insects. While examples of predators among mammals and birds are well known, predators...

original (PDF) on August 13, 2015. Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books...

The conservation and restoration of insect specimens is the process of caring for and preserving insects as part of a collection. Conservation concerns...

Parasosibia incerta is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasosibia. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Parasosibia incerta...

Acrolophus chloropelta is a type of insect, moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Brazil. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen,...

Flower Show, and authored two books: Carnivorous Plants (1979, 2005) and Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them (1986, 2006). Both of Adrian Slack's...

Bajsaphididae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. Wikispecies has information related to Bajsaphididae...

Pseudobactricia ridleyi, also known as Ridley's stick insect, is an extinct stick insect of the family Diapheromeridae. The species was endemic to Singapore...

listed 608 vulnerable insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 10% are listed as vulnerable. The IUCN also lists 15 insect subspecies as vulnerable...

Insects are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of...

Insects have long been used in religion, both directly (with live insects) and as images or symbols. In the Brazilian Amazon, members of the Tupí–Guaraní...

Sipyloidea acutipennis is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Sipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Sipyloidea acutipennis...

Caputoraptor is an extinct genus of insect from the Cretaceous period of Southeast Asia and East Asia. The genus contains two species from the Burmese...

Ramulus lobulatus is a species of phasmid or stick insect. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Ramulus lobulatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907)"...

less regular and less easily distinguished from other elm leaf feeding insects. The larva completes its growth in 2–3 weeks, then produces a transparent...

specialized, attracting insect pollinators by colour, pattern, scent, pheromones, and sometimes by mimicking female insects. Orchids have very small...

Pulchriphyllium anangu is a species of leaf insect endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It was described in 2023 and separated from the older treatment...

blood feeding insects that may infest human dwellings Bed bug or bed bugs may also refer to: Cimex, a genus of small nocturnal insect of which members...

40-49. ISBN 92-4-120905-4 O'Toole, Christopher. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and Their Allies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. 100. v t e...

Gallimore (b. 1980 or 1981; age ~45–46 years), also known by his handle Alien Insect, is a British neurobiologist, chemist, and pharmacologist who studies psychedelic...

hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Species in this genus are endoparasitic, meaning they develop within the body of another insect, with insect hosts...

Lonchodes praon, is a species of phasmid or stick insect found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Lonchodes praon Westwood, 1859". Catalogue of Life. 13...

Claire Margaret Philippa Ozanne (born August 1963) is a British insect ecologist, who serves as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Canterbury Christ...

occasionally referred to by the common name Manobos stick-insect,is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae. It is native to the Philippine...

Throscodectes xiphos is a species of insect in family Tettigoniidae. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist Group (1996). "Throscodectes xiphos"...

301 near threatened insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 5.0% are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated...

2018 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events...

Insect Song is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Beyond the Embrace. It was released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records. Mike Delano of...

Phyllium gantungense is a species of insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Phyllium gantungense was described in 2009 on the...

Acupalpus ibericus is an insect-eating ground beetle of the Acupalpus genus. v t e...

Ablabesmyia notabilis is a species of dipteran insect of the genus Ablabesmyia, family Chironomidae. It was described in 1889 by Skuse. It is found from...

in insect pathology as well as in the use of insect pathogens for the biological control of pest insects. He worked mainly on the diagnosis of insect diseases...

tessulatus), the tessellated stick insect, tessellated phasmid or tessulata stick insect, is a medium-sized, stick insect found in the Brisbane area of Australia...

Austrosaga is a genus of insect in the family Tettigoniidae. The only species is Austrosaga spinifer. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist...

Peridela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It belong to class of insect. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae"...

plant due to the terpene nepetalactone. This chemical acts as a natural insect repellent and induces playful, euphoric behavior in cats. It is used in...

Insectes sociaux is a scientific journal dedicated to the study of social insects. It is the official journal of the International Union for the Study...

Acentetaphyllium brevipenne, is a species of stick insect belonging to the Phylliidae (leaf insects). It is found in New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. Brock,...

Glowworm is any member of various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common...

The Samwel Cave cricket is an undescribed species of insect in the family Rhaphidophoridae, which is endemic to California. Orthopteroid Specialist Group...

American insect physiologist and a professor of entomology at the University of Illinois. He is considered a founding figure in the field of insect nutrition...

Acupalpus brunnicolor is an insect-eating ground beetle of the Acupalpus genus. It is the only Acupalpus species found in Australia, where its range is...

Roelofs (born July 26, 1938) was the first researcher to characterize insect sex pheromone structures, developing microchemical techniques for the isolation...

This is a list of songs inspired by insects. Insects in music are known from everything from classical music and opera to ragtime and pop. Rimsky-Korsakov...

sericin (20-25%). It is most commonly produced from the cocoons of certain insect larvae. The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of...

Entomological warfare (EW) is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to interrupt supply lines by damaging crops, or to directly harm enemy combatants...

The International Journal of Insect Science was a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by SAGE Publishing, and is no longer accepting...

species in the genus Pedetontus of the family Machilidae which belongs to the insect order Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails). "Pedetontus". Retrieved 2026-02-04...

Anchiale is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia. The type species...

(Zoologi, Insecter). pp. 219--298. NOT SEEN. (1859). P. J. Cressey; J. A. K. Farrell; M. W. Stufkens (May 1987). "Identification of an insect species causing...

ˈkɑːrmaɪn/) – also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake – is a pigment of a bright-red...

Thasus is an insect genus of the Coreidae, or leaf-footed bugs. It is a genus in the New World Nematopodini tribe that feeds on plants. It is chiefly found...

of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in...

The Age of Insects is a 1990 American horror comedy film directed by Eric Marciano (Marano), his first feature film, and co-written by him, Club 57 alumnus...

genera are. This species is endemic to California, and is California's state insect. The California dogface butterfly varies in its wing color and pattern....

on insect models. Many of the problems faced by miniature robot designers have been solved by insect evolution. Researchers naturally look to insects for...

pore-like sexual organ of a female insect that is inseminated by the spermatophores ejected by the aedeagus of a male insect during copulation. The spermatophores...

Insect Science may refer to either one of the following two journals: Journal of Insect Science (Entomological Society of America) Journal of Insect Science...

Acupalpus hydropicus is an insect-eating ground beetle of the Acupalpus genus. More details, including a picture, are available on the Bug Guide website...

The eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus, is a large insect in the Corydalidae family. The larvae are known as hellgrammites and are among the top invertebrate...

that more than 16% of neotropical insect species carry bacteria of this genus, and as many as 25 to 70% of all insect species are estimated to be potential...

Other kinds of edible insects or larvae can be used instead of mola crickets which will be called by the name of the insects used as the main ingredients...

Nematopus indus is a species of insect from the genus Nematopus. Nematopus indus has been observed and documented in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile...

specialized for feeding on flower nectar, but all species also consume small insects. Hummingbirds are known by that name because of the humming sound created...

Acupalpus foveicollis is an insect-eating ground beetle of the genus Acupalpus. https://www.gbif.org/species/1037613 v t e...

stick) is a device used to mitigate the effects of an insect sting (e. g. wasp sting) or insect bite (e. g. mosquito bite) by briefly heating the skin...

Roberto: The Insect Architect is a children's picture book by Nina Laden. It was published in 2000 by Chronicle books, Inc. A termite named Roberto tries...

the indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea. They are also known as the Insect Tribe. They speak the Nggala language (also called Swagap or Sogap), which...

Within Japanese culture, insects have occupied an important role as aesthetic, allegorical, and symbolic objects. In addition, insects have had a historical...

This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2021, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology discoveries...

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid...

Onchestus rentzi is an Australian species of stick insect, commonly named the crowned stick insect, described in 2006. It lives in rainforests along the...

2020 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2020, as well as other significant discoveries and events...

Lecanodiaspis acaciae is a species of scale insect of the family Lecanodiaspididae. The species was described by Maskell in 1893. "Lecanodiaspis acaciae...

contamination from sources such as maggots, thrips, insect fragments, "foreign matter", mold, rodent hairs, and insect and mammalian feces. The publication details...

Insects (Czech: Hmyz) is a 2018 surrealist comedy film directed by Jan Švankmajer, the film is based on the play Pictures from the Insects' Life by Karel...

Pachysaga strobila is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae. It is endemic to Australia. Orthopteroid Specialist Group (1996). "Pachysaga strobila"...

giganteum, commonly known as the Giant Malaysian leaf insect, is one of the largest species of leaf insects and was described from Malaysia in 1984. It is placed...

cockroaches. Although the term is the subject of a trademark registration by the insect control brand Black Flag, the phrase roach motel has come to be used as...

Prisomera auscultator is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Prisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Prisomera auscultator...

Acupalpus angulosus is an insect-eating ground beetle of the genus Acupalpus. "Acupalpus (Acupalpus) angulosus Lorenz 1998 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol...

The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae. They are known for the predatory habits of their larvae...

smallest known insect genome as of 2014, with only 99 million base pairs (Mbp) of nucleotides and about 13,500 genes. It is the only insect that can survive...

Index. This traditional verse relates to ladybirds, brightly coloured insects commonly viewed as lucky. The English version has been dated to at least...

invertebrates the restriction is disregarded: for example, the main part of the insect brain is called the cerebral ganglion. Ganglia are primarily made up of...

The North Carolina State University Insect Museum is the center for research and training in insect systematics and biodiversity informatics at North...

Pulchriphyllium bioculatum, also Gray's leaf insect, is a leaf insect native to Sumatra and the southern part of Malay Peninsula. Its specific epithet...

Ramulus thaii is a species of stick insect in the tribe Clitumnini. It has been recorded from Thailand and China. Hausleithner (1985) Ent. Z. 95(15): 216...

Phyllium philippinicum is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Phyllium philippinicum was described on...

Parlatoria ziziphi is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. "Parlatoria ziziphi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20...

machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis. After implantation, the "insect cyborgs"...

northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75 millimetres...

It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term...

Insect Societies. Harvard University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-674-02163-1. Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of...

The Insects is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of entomology published monthly by MDPI since 2010. The editor-in-chief is Brian T. Forschler...

Laporte, 1832 Iria Stål, 1867 Nassunia Stål, 1860 Omolon (insect) Walker, 1862 Rhexia (insect) Stål, 1867 Smiliorachis Fairmaire, 1846 "TaxonPages: World...

Retrieved 7 October 2011. Taber, Stephen Welton; Fleenor, Scott B. (2003). Insects of the Texas Lost Pines. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. p...

known as Pharnacia serratipes) is a species of stick insect that at one time was the longest known insect, with one female specimen recorded as being 55.5 cm...

non-bee pollinators such as birds or other insects like flies, these are also indicated. Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form...

Paraprisomera taprobanae, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Paraprisomera. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Paraprisomera...

Broughtonia domogledi is a species of insect in family Tettigoniidae. It is found in Serbia and Romania. "Broughtonia domogledi". IUCN Red List of Threatened...

Hedotettix grossivalva is an insect found in China, belonging to the Tetrigidae family. Hedotettix brachynota Hedotettix xueshanensis Zheng, Zhemin; Xiaohong...

Journal of Insect Science is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering entomology. It was established in 2001 with support from the University...

Insector X (インセクターX, Insekuta X) is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Hot-B and released in arcades by Taito in 1989. It was ported to the...

Acupalpus bifossulatus is an insect-eating ground beetle of the genus Acupalpus. Hamburg, Naturhistorisches Museum in (1907). Ergebnisse der Hamburger...

features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a 1964 film, Kwaidan, by Masaki Kobayashi...

amphibians (e.g. frog farming) — collectively known as herpetoculture — and insects (e.g. beekeeping, sericulture, maggot and cockroach farming) and worms...

insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them. Side effects include rash and irritation where it is applied...

Cornell University. He was a pioneer of insect photography and made use of it as a tool for documenting insect biology. Slingerland was born in Otto, Cattaraugus...

Zelus exsanguis is a species of insect. 13–16 mm long. Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown in color. Pronotum with sharp pronotal spines. Mexico to Panama...

Oligotricha striata is species of insect that was discovered by a Swedish zoologist Linnaeus it can be found mostly in northern European. https://www.gbif...

Smilacicola is a genus in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae, the sole genus of the tribe Smilacicolini. There are at least three described species...

Plangia is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae. In Afrikaans they are generally known as krompokkels, roughly meaning "little fat hunchbacks"; this...

Pinnaspis strachani is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. "Pinnaspis strachani species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved...

Olliffiella cristicola, the gall kermes, is a species of gall-like scale insect in the family Kermesidae. "Olliffiella cristicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic...

Ramulus ablutus, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Ramulus. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Ramulus ablutus (Brunner von...

Tisamenus kalahani is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae native to the north of Philippine island of Luzon. Tisamenus kalahani is...

in the genus Petridiobius of the family Machilidae which belongs to the insect order Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails). "Petridiobius". Retrieved 2026-02-04...

australis hector insect toxin also known as AaHIT is a scorpion toxin which affects voltage-gated sodium channels. Four different insect toxins, namely...

a specimen collected in Kerala and given the name Ledra punctata. This insect is only known to occur in India in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka...

The Insect-class gunboats (or large China gunboats) were a class of small but well-armed Royal Navy ships designed for use in shallow rivers or inshore...

Startled Insects, later known as the Insects, are an instrumental English jazz fusion band. Startled Insects began around 1983 in Bristol, England, as...

generally ignore humans and other animals. Most bumblebees are eusocial insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those...

Fulgorinae are a sub-family of insects in the Auchenorrhyncha: which include the spectacular "lantern-bugs" and allied insects. Nine genera are currently...

The gold-digging ant is a mythical insect described in classical and medieval bestiaries. They were dog- or fox-sized ants that dug up gold in sandy areas...

Acanthoxyla inermis (the unarmed stick insect) is an insect that was described by John Salmon in 1955. Acanthoxyla inermis is included in the genus Acanthoxyla...

to as feelers. Often for touch or feel, locate food from distance, some insects such as male mosquitoes even have hairy antennae to hear even a little...

China (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Contributions to Blood-Sucking Dipterous Insects. 2: 96–97. Loew, Hermann (1858). "Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera...

all bilateral animals, including insects, spiders and worms, and also occurs in fungi and plants. In plants and insect venom, it serves a defensive function...

central character in the Cambridge Latin Course series Caecilius (insect), a genus of insect Kusaila (Latin: Caecilius), a 7th-century Berber king All pages...

Native Bees. p. 78. Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1...

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted...

forcipules — modified legs — to deliver venom, while scorpions and stinging insects inject venom with a sting. In bees and wasps, the stinger is a modified...

is a genus of insects belonging to the family Aphrophoridae, the spittlebugs. The meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius is a common insect in much of the...

A mezcal worm is an insect larva found in some types of mezcal produced in Oaxaca, Mexico. The larva is a red maguey worm, the caterpillar of the Comadia...

occurs in fungi, bacteria and some groups of invertebrates, including insects. The uses of bioluminescence by animals include counterillumination camouflage...

Miniphasma secunda, the secondary pachymorpha, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Miniphasma. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Miniphasma...

varying in size, color, shape, and flavor. Tomatoes are attacked by many insect pests and nematodes and are subject to diseases caused by viruses, mildew...

which are larger than other wētā, despite the latter also being large by insect standards. Large species can be up to 7 cm (3 in), not inclusive of legs...

in the genus Petrobiellus of the family Machilidae which belongs to the insect order Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails). "Petrobiellus". Retrieved 2026-02-04...

versirubra, the red-winged green giant stick insect/Timor Giant Stick Insect, is a species of stick insect from Timor, Solor, and Wetar, The original habitat...

Allantonematidae is a family of insect-parasitic nematodes from the order Tylenchida. Allantonematid nematodes infect a variety of insects including beetles, butterflies...

entomologist, specializing in entomophagy (the use of insects as food). Hanboonsong received her PhD in insect systematics from Lincoln University in New Zealand...

Tanna ornatipennis is an insect, a species of cicada of the genus Tanna. Wikispecies has information related to Tanna ornatipennis. "TaiBNET". Retrieved...

The Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) is a species of insect belonging to the treehopper family (Membracidae). It has unusual appendages on its...

appearance of a building and to protect it from damage by water, corrosion, insects and mold. House painting can also be a form of artistic and/or cultural...

The black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) is an insect native to Europe but common in North America as well. It is a pest of many garden plants. The...

Sungaya inexpectata is a species of stick insects and the type species of genus Sungaya. The species name is derived from the Latin as "inexpectatus"...

burned (e.g. in a "citronella candle") as an insect repellent, particularly to deter haematophagous insects such as mosquitoes. http://www.fao...

Parasipyloidea zehntneri, or the thin grass stick insect, is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Parasipyloidea. It is found in Sri Lanka...

freshwater worms. He also conducted influential research on the mechanism of insect molting; the findings were widely integrated into contemporary entomological...

Abrosoma exiguum is a species of phasmid or stick insect of the genus Abrosoma. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Species Details : Abrosoma exiguum Redtenbacher...

This is a list of films which prominently feature insects, either as anthropomorphic protagonists, antagonists or mutations such as in horror films, or...

sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects such as Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Auchenorrhyncha...

A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other valuable organic matter. Insects make up a large proportion...

Mantophasma zephyra is a species of insect in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is endemic to Namibia. Damgaard, Jakob; Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike...

Enicospilus camerunensis is a species of insect in the genus Enicospilus of the family Ichneumonidae within the order Hymenoptera. It was first scientifically...

Hyphinoe camelus is a species of insect in the family of treehoppers and thornbugs, the Membracidae. In the genus Hyphinoe, the main feature distinguishing...

Pseudophasma brachypterum is a species of stick insect found in Brazil, Suriname, Guadeloupe and Peru. The species now known as Pseudophasma brachypterum...

University of Sydney's Macleay Museum. Its label bears the text "A curious insect from Barbary, the only one known of its kind in England. Geo Edwards, 1756"...

Insects have long been used in medicine, both traditional and modern, sometimes with little evidence of their effectiveness. The medicinal uses of insects...

The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters...

Kyogle is a genus of insects in the family Staphylinidae, first described by Donald S. Chandler in 2001. The genus is found only in Australia, in New...

oxide (Fe2O3) that is used to treat mild itching. It benefits sunburn, insect bites, allergenic irritation, and other mild skin conditions, and may also...

telomeres or telomeron), literally "end piece",[citation needed] is a term in insect morphology, and refers to a type of "genital clasper"; (i.e., in Mallophaga...

Bactrododema tiaratum, the tiara giant stick insect, is a species of stick insect in the family Diapheromeridae. The species is found in southern Africa...

"insect-o-graph", which can detect insects in wheat that are not visible to the naked eye. The device uses electrical signals to detect the insects as...

provides conditions ideally suited to bacteria that metabolise cellulose. Insects cannot metabolise cellulose independently, but the presence of these bacteria...

rings on its femurs and tibias. They are prone to predation by birds and insects. While adult H. histrio are solitary, nymphs may more commonly be found...

Agraylea sexmaculata is a species of insect belonging to the family Hydroptilidae. It is native to Europe. "Agraylea sexmaculata Curtis, 1834". www.gbif...

the British Museum 2: 231 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 May 2020) InsectNet.com Search results from Google Data related to Agraeciini at Wikispecies...

Notoligotoma nitens is a species of insect webspinners of the family Notoligotomidae. It was described by Australian entomologist Consett Davis in 1936...

in the family Libellulidae Water strider or skimmer, a common name for insects in the family Gerridae Atlantic surf clam or skimmer, a species of mollusc...

Austrian pioneer of insect physiology, embryology, anatomy, biomechanics, and behaviour. He conducted experiments to demonstrate insect senses and perception...

Ceuthophilus elegans is an insect species in the genus Ceuthophilus. It is placed in the cave crickets subfamily (Ceuthophilinae). It is found in the United...