insects

Get in line! These caterpillars stick together, single-file, where-ever they go.

Bees love honey, but did you know that some bees crave flesh?

The City of Bloomington is looking for volunteers to help identify insects at Griffy Lake Nature Preserve.

Scientists are concerned that the use of toxic pesticides and the decreasing amount of wild habitat may be affecting flower pollination.

Gayfeather (Liatris spicata) is a lovely native plant that attracts butterflies, bumble bees, and other insects.

Wind-pollinated ragweed is often confused with glorious insect-pollinated goldenrod.

There's a type of mustard plant, called "Holboell's rockcress" which naturally grows a dainty, light blue flower atop its narrow stem. Sometimes you'll see a Holboell's rockcress sporting a bright yellow cluster of leaves that looks suspiciously like a buttercup.

Most insects fly—but, across millennia, many species have lost the ability. Island dwelling insects have been especially prone to this evolutionary trend.

Insect cuisine is a part of many cultural traditions throughout history and across the globe. So why does everybody talk about it as a future food?

Have you ever wondered how bugs handle being upside down for so long? It's a puzzling question, especially since insects don't have a closed circulatory system like we humans do.