If you’ve noticed brown or gray insects with large, flat bodies scrambling over your precious zucchini, pumpkins, or squash, you may be dealing with a squash bug problem. These pests feed on most ...

If you've ever carefully cultivated squash or pumpkin vines only to have your hopes of scrumptious pies and casseroles dashed by squash bugs, you know how destructive they can be. These pests feed on ...

Motorists in the north-east of England are being asked to count squashed bugs in an effort to discover if insect numbers are declining in the region. The Big Bug Count is being organised by the Royal ...

Squash bugs are common pests that can cause your squash, pumpkins, and melons to wilt and die. Rotating crops, using straw mulch, and adding companion plants to the garden are all great ways to ...

Experts are "astonished" at the results of a study of squashed bugs, which suggest they may be in decline. The Big Bug Count was organised by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

A "bug splat" survey of animals squashed on cars has found the number of flying insects has fallen by nearly four-fifths in two decades. The citizen science survey, which asked people to count ...

A project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined by nearly two-thirds in less than 20 years. The citizen science Bugs Matter survey, led ...

A citizen science project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined nearly 60% in less than 20 years. The “windscreen phenomenon” is ...