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Over the Garden Fence: Where did the katydids go?
Telegraph-Forum via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe killing frost means that the life cycle of many insects has come to an end. It is so with the katydid. A katydid is really just a "long-horned"...
A 50-million-year-old insect testicle is one lucky find
Popular Science· 11 months agoPresent-day katydids of the genus Arethaea, pictured here, have the same internal structures as...
‘Biblical’ swarms of giant Mormon crickets destroying crops in US West
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFarmers in the American West are battling outbreaks of Mormon crickets — insects that can grow...
‘Unusual’ creature — with ultrasonic song — escapes its cage. It’s a new species
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn a meadow in Argentina, an “unusual” creature called into the darkness. The small animal’s song...
Why don’t female crickets chirp?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoI feel a song coming on ... Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an...
'Biblical' insect swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoApril Aamodt holds a Mormon cricket in her hand in Blalock Canyon near Arlington, Ore., on June 17....
Mormon crickets arrived late this spring, but they’re out in force in Idaho roads, plants
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf you drive out to the desert south of Boise, that may not be gravel you hear crunching under your...
Explosive, ‘truly biblical' swarms of cannibalistic insects ravage crops out West
AccuWeather via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJeff Knight, an entomologist with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, holds a female Mormon...
'They’re just gross': Mormon crickets descend on Nevada and wreak havoc
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoParts of Nevada are being overrun by an explosion of flightless, ground-dwelling cannibalistic...
Crickets and grasshoppers everywhere!
Times Record News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCrickets and grasshoppers everywhere! Is this an unusual occurrence or summer status quo? Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed an abundance of...
