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It's a surprisingly competitive contest that began in the '70s.

Bed bugs are a menace, but there are lawyers out there joining the fight.

Neighbors complained.

Authorities took them all away. Well, not the cats.

A stunning transformation in time-lapse format.

They have to be quarantined first, to make sure they won't go rogue.

Scientists are finally learning why insect eggs come in so many sizes, shapes, and colors.

They spent a long time in the air.

Classical poets loved cicadas so much they wrote odes to them.

The country is upgrading.

The 198,000-square-mile (!) swarm was last seen in 1902.

If you love something, let it go before it gets totally infested and falls over onto you.

Some insects can count, recognize human faces, even invent languages.

Neighbors were worried he wouldn't survive the winter.

From bees to beers.

Once it just meant crazy, now it means criminal.

Up close, personal, and syncopated.

Most of the Western hemisphere was trying to eliminate Aedes aegypti. Why not the U.S.?