If you have some unexpected bug bites in the Chicago area, they might actually be from mites stemming from this spring's cicada invasion, but how can you tell the difference? An uptick in reports of ...

A plague of tiny-yet-highly-annoying itch mites is sweeping across the state of Illinois as thousands of the microscopic arachnids gorge themselves on eggs left by a historic cicada emergence. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and ...

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 ...

Living with spider mites in burrowed in your skin would be terrible.

The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in ...

Discover the 25 insects that call human bodies their home. Learn about these tiny inhabitants, their symptoms, and how to ...

A gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of a plant caused by hormones released from insects, mites, bacteria, or nematodes. They can appear on any part of the plant with vast variation in morphology, ...

Last week, state master gardener coordinator Leslie Alexander reminded us that well-tended roses are less susceptible to insect attack. Before they become a problem, know the insects that are likely ...