A buffalo treehopper is seen in this photo by On The Wild Side columnist Ann Brokelman. By ANN BROKELMAN This year I stumbled ...

Phil Warburton didn't recognise the unusual looking wasp that flittered into his camera viewfinder while he was out photographing insects in the autumn of 2022, but he snapped away, taking ...

The scarlet dwarf dragonfly is an incredibly small species of the Odanata family. This tiny insect has a wingspan that measures less than half of 1 inch long! Its body length is similarly diminutive ...

It’s easy to write bugs off as pests, but consider the ways in which they have positively impacted our lives Barrett Klein Author of The Insect Ephipany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human ...

This group includes insects, crustaceans such as crabs, as well as arachnids like spiders and scorpions. Since the late 1800s, scientists have painstakingly collected and analysed Arthropleura ...

Scientists have uncovered a car-sized mega-millipede that walked the earth around 340 million years ago. After centuries of mystery, the face of the Arthropleura has been unveiled, thanks to two ...

What will be the first ABC Insect of the Year? The ABC has begun its quest to find out which native six-legged marvel is Australia's most popular insect for 2024. Six insect experts have selected ...

This insect joins the list of beautiful bugs because of its color which is the fresh, bright green of a new leaf. Indeed, the shape and color of this katydid’s body causes it to all but disappear as ...

This insect joins the list of beautiful bugs because of its color which is the fresh, bright green of a new leaf. Indeed, the shape and color of this katydid’s body causes it to all but ...