Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

This year's cicada emergence was a double whammy of insects, with two groups of periodical cicadas that only come out of the ground every 13 or 17 years making a simultaneous appearance. But even ...

Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

COLLABORATORS: Brad Higbee, Spider mite webbing in Almonds Spider mites are one of the most important arthropod pests of ...

Larval mites within the order Prostigmata represent a diverse and globally distributed group, whose taxonomy has traditionally been challenging due to subtle morphological differences during early ...

The mite sniffs around for a bee larva and sneaks in right before the bees cover the cell with wax. The defenseless larva is now trapped with its enemy, which begins to feed. As the larva grows into a ...