Antibiosis to the chinch bug Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say) was evaluated on 16 vernalized small grains in a no-choice test condition. There was little difference in reproduction on most ...

Osaka, Japan – As the days grow shorter, many animals prepare for the approaching winter by suspending reproduction. Insects, for example, accumulate energy stores while halting ovarian development ...

Size really does matter when it comes to sex – at least in seed bugs. These creatures have a bizarre, coiled penis that is 70 per cent their body length - or 7mm long. In a painful sounding experiment ...

Assorted bugs reach their crescendo in the summer landscape, causing varying levels of alarm to gardeners nervous at seeing swarms near the plants. While a few bugs can do serious plant harm and even ...