Category: Insects

Neither a bee nor an ant, wasps are small, winged insects that have quite a diverse family of about 30,000 recognized species. These little insects play an important role in pollination and are both...

Being one of the ancient herbivore insects, the Grasshoppers are a subject of fascination to many. With their ears attached to their bellies, these little musicians are capable of creating music as...

Surely you have seen a butterfly or moths fluttering through the landscape at least once in your lifetime, but how much do you know about them in their larval form? Caterpillars are remarkably...

When you hear the term “pet,” what is the first picture that emerges in front of your eyes? Probably a cat or a dog, or even a goat or a horse. Now, try to be more creative and think of the more...

Caterpillars are not individual animals but, in a way, the childhood stage of small insects such as butterflies, moths, and sawflies. There are countless species of caterpillars in the state of...

Did you know that there are as many as 5,000 different species of ladybugs in the world? Although named as ‘ladybugs’, these insects do not fall into the classification of true bugs. Perhaps that...