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In the last article (you can read it here), I mentioned that true bugs have piercing sucking mouth parts. I thought it would be a good idea

In the fall, a common call I receive from friends and neighbors concerns masses of bright red bugs on trees, shed walls or front porches. I’

Many of the insecticide trials that I performed at the University of California Riverside were against aphids, which are one of the most com

When I was a teenager, I collected a whole bunch of very small jumping spiders into small, clear, plastic containers and watched them for ho

While working to fix an irrigation line in my yard I noticed that one of my window screens was slightly damaged. Upon closer inspection, I n

For all my life I knew an awful lot about bugs and other creepy crawlies, so I was confident when a Master Gardener said she had blue centip

This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke, well-known for his ap...

By James A. Bethke. This is the first in a series of articles about the insect creatures in our gardens from entomologist James Bethke, w...