An international collaboration of researchers, including from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, have sequenced the genome of the milkweed bug, enabling scientists to understand ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

Most gardeners recognize milkweed immediately as a butterfly attracter, but there’s a complex community that revolves around this prolific plant that extends well beyond the monarch. Milkweed may ...

Of all the animal on the planet, insects are among the most feared and reviled. Some sting (wasps and bees) and some bite (mosquitoes, horse flies and blackflies). Others are agricultural pests or ...

Understanding the changes in genetic variance which may occur as populations move from nature into captivity has been considered important when populations in captivity are used as models of wild ones ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My house is being invaded. It happens to some extent in fall of most years, but this is the most intense we have experienced, and on the first day of ...

Bugs are everywhere pollinating our favorite flowers, fruits and vegetables, and serving lunch for the birds. They provide an important service for the food supply for people, animals, insects and ...

Q: We have a large number of these black and orange bugs on our milkweed plants. Do they hurt the swallowtail butterflies? Will they kill our milkweed? A: Oncopeltus fasciatus, or large milkweed bug, ...

Milkweed is a fantastic plant for pollinators, and one particularly adored by Monarch butterflies. But the Monarchs' population is declining, and gardeners need to stand up and do whatever they can to ...

Call me: A milkweed bug. I'm a member of the order Hemiptera. My attire: I am quite a looker - one of those critters you stop and notice. We are orange and black with a very distinctive pattern on our ...