Watch: These surprisingly beautiful insects are sure to blow you away with their unmistakable beauty and odd lives.

Harlequin bugs (Murgantia histrionica) are not clowns, jesters or jokers as their common name suggests. They are invasive, true bugs from the stink bug family. These ornately beautiful, black ...

Scientific names are hard to change once decided upon. There are no strict rules on who or what you can name your insect discoveries after, but rather a series of recommendations laid out by the ...

In 2021, the Entomological Society of America updated its guidelines for acceptable insect common names, including banning names that refer to ethnic or racial groups or may cause fear.

The insect formerly known as the “murder hornet” and the “Asian giant hornet” has a new name – “northern giant hornet” –after two insect associations said “the usage of ‘Asian ...

The ESA keeps a database of more than 2,000 common names for insects, along with their scientific names. They're constantly changing it, Stelzig says, but usually for scientific reasons.