Forensic entomology harnesses the life cycles and behaviours of insects to provide critical evidence in death investigations, particularly for estimating the post‐mortem interval (PMI). At its core, ...

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

Bed bugs are small (4–5 mm long and 1.5–3.0 mm wide), oval, flattish insects with needle-like mouthparts which pierce the skin of mammals and birds to suck their blood. Usually bed bugs are ...

Biologists in Costa Rica discover 16 new leafhopper species from forgotten museum samples, boosting known biodiversity to 29.

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This section contains information on a number of common insect pest species that can be found in UK homes and cause damage to food, furniture, clothes and plants. Each page offers information on how ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

An insect enthusiast based in Essex is thrilled to be the first to find a species of leafhopper new to the UK.

It's not every day you discover a missing species when popping to the supermarket to get some milk. But that's exactly what happened to Professor Michael Skvarla, a zoologist at the Insect ...