The insect realm is rife with creepy-crawlies, be they smelly stink bugs, sneaky weevils, or simply slimy cockroaches. Yet certain bugs are capable of wreaking havoc in the garden, destroying harvests ...

Wheel bugs are unassuming until they strike. They spend most of their time hiding, using leafy plants as cover. Their markings provide camouflage, which they use to great effect. That’s probably a ...

Insects are all around us, but some get our attention more than others. In this week's Wild Moment, Jack Hubley shows us one that's bugging many News 8 viewers.VIDEO: Watch this week's Wild ...

Last summer while trimming back a shrub, I got stung. It wasn’t a bee, wasp or hornet sting. I explored the shrub to see what caused the pain and found an insect that looked like it had a wheel on its ...

Adults are a shade of brown or gray and have a wheel-like projection on their back that is quite unusual and gives them the name wheel bug. One other assassin bug we may soon have to watch out for is ...

Many Lawrence-area gardeners are taking notice of an interesting and distinctive insect this summer, which appears to have a larger population than usual. The insect is commonly known as a wheel bug ...

When thinking about creepy crawlers, one might think of the 1998 movie called "A Bug's Life" that creates a positive image of little creatures that roam around nature. As fall season arrives, the ...

When I went out to get the mail the other day, I paused to admire, as I often do, the variety of insects and arachnids buzzing, flitting and crawling about the big lantana bush next to my mailbox in ...

Many folks are perplexed by this grayish black prehistoric-looking insect. It will certainly stop you in your tracks if you see it in your garden. Its prominent characteristic structure is its ...

There was a strange looking bug that fell out of our oak tree earlier last week. It was rather large and looked like a strange stink bug, but it was much larger than normal stinkbugs and somewhat ...

These little red and black insects crawling over this azalea branch carry the formidable name of assassin bugs. The critters just hatched from their eggs that are attached to the branch in the photo ...