This is the caterpillar of an Io moth, a species of silk moth that so intrigues entomologist Andrei Sourakov that he’s endured a number of the larva’s bee-like stings while studying various specimens.

Beware - it's a jungle out there! That's good advice this time of year if you are pruning azaleas or cutting fronds from palm trees. Now's the season you are most likely to encounter two of Northeast ...

Pity the poor moth. It never gets the love that goes to its Lepidoptera kin, the butterfly. The good folks at Long Nature Center in Davie, however, are determined to change that. Once again this year, ...

Decades ago, living with Florida’s many insects was a bit different than it is now. Getting gas in early summer also meant scraping the bodies of dozens of love bugs from your car’s bumper or ...

Insects of all stripes are in the midst of a vanishing act, a catastrophic sleight-of-hand occurring so rapidly that scientists can't keep up. Things get even trickier when you consider that insects ...