If you spot a distinctive black and red bug among the plants and flowers when you're exploring the outdoors, don't touch it. Seriously. Touching that blister beetle can hurt you, leaving a burning ...

Nymphs (juvenile spotted lanternflies) are black with white spots, then become red with black spots as they develop. Adults are roughly 1 inch long and half-inch wide. Their brown forewings have black ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee is one of several states monitoring the presence of an invasive insect. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is keeping a close watch on the spotted lanternfly — ...

Red nets are better at keeping away a common agricultural insect pest than typical black or white nets, according to a new study. Researchers experimented with the effect of red, white, black and ...

Today's Bug of the Week were once thought to be a problem for another insect that is facing an uncertain future. But it turns ...

Although red netting generally isn't used, a 2015 study showed that when crops were irradiated with red light, pest insects known as onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) tended to stay away from the plants.