My excitement quickly turned to disappointment when I realized that this creature was not a ladybug but, in fact, an Asian lady beetle, a multicolored insect often confused with ladybugs.

Besides enduring weeks of the 17-year cicada brood cacophony in 2024, we also dealt with the itch mite invasion that followed ...

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I love sharing nature with people, because most people don't take the time to get up close with nature and enjoy it. I love ...

Lacewings are fantastic predators. They will snap up on a wide variety of plant-destroying pests, including aphids, scales, thrips, mealybugs and caterpillars. Lacewings also frequently feed on eggs, ...

Up in the mountains south of the town of Tehachapi is a little opening in the forest where tens of thousands of ladybugs ...

Asian lady beetles and ladybugs are the two most common beetles that might invade your home this winter. Kaitlyn Fleming, ...

Some lucky Sacramentans have been seeing a bevy of ladybugs rushing the foothills, the American River to Folsom Lake with their classic red and black speckled coats. Also known as a loveliness of ...