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Garlic smashed potatoes with superworms.
insects

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?
Ella Morton November 20, 2018
The mounds were once hidden by the forest.
tunnels

Northeast Brazil Is Dotted With Millions of Enormous Termite Mounds

The soaring cones cover a landscape nearly the size of Great Britain.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 19, 2018
insects

How a 'Bug Whisperer' Helps Haters Learn to Love Insects

“The fear and hatred of insects is just the fear of the unknown,” says Aaron Rodriques.
Lizzie Philip November 14, 2018
The Antherina suraka moth, safe under its furry coat.
science

Moth Fur Is the Ultimate Acoustic Armor

It muffles the clicks of ravenous, echolocating bats.
Matthew Taub November 9, 2018
<em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitoes can transmit disease.
insects

How to Mail Mosquitoes

It involves a syringe.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 7, 2018
Video • AO Docs

Meet a Bug Whisperer and His Traveling Insect Zoo

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The star of the show: a woolly worm.
insects

A Visit to the Foremost Annual Festival for Weather-Predicting Caterpillars

Woolly worms may not be the greatest meteorologists, but they sure are entertaining.
Gray Chapman November 2, 2018
"A roving mole."
national parks

Why Does It Look Like This National Park Building in Alaska Is Sprouting Hair?

The answer might not sit well with arachnophobes.
Anna Kusmer November 1, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Grilled Bee Honeycomb With Larvae

The Laotian street food is mildly sweet and surprisingly juicy.
This cow was the bait for the decoy, but was kept at a distance from the trap.
insects

To Build a Better Mosquito Trap, First Put a Cow in a Tent

Then pipe its scent to a warm decoy.
Samir S. Patel October 15, 2018
Pavel Tveretinov (left) and Vitaliy Yeroshenko of California were arrested in 2017 after law enforcement officials found thousands of beehives, worth nearly one million dollars, some stolen from orchards hundreds of miles apart.
insects

California’s Almond Harvest Has Created a Golden Opportunity for Bee Thieves

Hives have never been more valuable.
Byard Duncan October 10, 2018
A butterfly tagged with a Monarch Watch ID in Washington, DC, in 2012.
insects

Tag, You're an Insect

Tracking small creatures is frustrating, delicate, fascinating work.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 5, 2018
The locust (soprano Cristin Colvin) and the scientist (tenor Todd Teske) onstage in <em>Locust: The Opera</em>.
insects

How to Write an Opera About Locusts

In Wyoming, a buzzworthy bug mystery hits the stage.
Cara Giaimo October 3, 2018
Gallinippers make for pesky neighbors.
insects

Billions of Mosquitoes Are Having a Post-Hurricane Field Day in North Carolina

One resident compared the swarms to snow flurries.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 1, 2018
The Big Meat Ant.
Augathella, Australia

Big Meat Ant

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.
A praying mantis gnawing on a guppy.
science

Found: A Pescatarian Praying Mantis

Go big or go home.
Cara Giaimo September 20, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Nam Prik Mang Da

Pounded water beetles are this spicy condiment's main ingredient.
Twitter might be a useful source of data for "charismatic" events, such as an outpouring of ants or a dramatic grouping of birds.
science

The Upside of Freaking Out About Insects on Twitter

When people post about bugs and birds, ecologists can gain some solid data.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 12, 2018