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 ...

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 ...

Our members may be suffering from how we name insects, and so yeah, we wanted to change that. Related. The hornet formerly known as ‘murder’ hasn’t been spotted in Washington state this year; ...