Flies are some of the most common insects, with over 100,000 different species described throughout the world. Of the order Diptera, flies can range in size from 0.3 mm to over 2 inches long and come in all sorts...
If you’ve ever seen a brownish insect crawling around your home, there’s always a fear it could be the beginning of a big cockroach problem. But is it actually a cockroach? Are there other bugs that look like cockroaches?...
Cockroaches are insects that fall within the order Blattodea. There are around 4,600 different species, though not all of them call the United States home.
Most roaches look similar. They have long, thread-like antennae that are sometimes as long as...
The majority of the ants you see won’t have wings, no matter what species you’re looking at. Sometimes, some ants in a colony are winged, though. Winged ants are best known as alates, reproductives, or swarmers.
Interestingly, while some subsets...
