The terms "bug" and "insect" are commonly used interchangeably in everyday language, yet scientifically, they refer to distinct categories of creatures. Insects belong to the vast class Insecta, ...

Mayflies are ancient insects that possess a unique life stage not found in other winged insects: Their fully-grown nymphs develop into a winged subadult stage, the so-called subimago, which is not yet ...

Entomological Society of America National Conference (1989 : San Antonio, Tex.) Structure, function, ontogeny, and evolution of feeding in thrips (Thysanoptera) / Bruce S. Heming -- Mouthpart ...

In insects, females can keep sperm capable of fertilisation over a long period with the help of the spermatheca. The effectiveness of storing fertile sperm is expected to reflect in the reproductive ...

The findings were published in late September in Insect Systematics and Diversity and challenged earlier taxonomic classifications that relied primarily on insect morphology. "I knew that before I ...