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The man can be seen trying to swat the bees away, as they continue to surround and attack him.

A professional bee remover found the hive of angry bees under the roof of a nearby house.

These bugs scrape resin off blades of grass and rub it on parts of their bodies, allowing them to capture their meal.

Insects don't flock towards lights because they're attracted to them, but because they have a biological response that wants to keep the light above them.

"Such spiders are very common here, they are harmless, and fortunately don't eat much out of the pantry," Reddit user Vico1730 told Newsweek.

Praying mantises often capture and kill fish, frogs and even small species of birds.

The moth blends in perfectly the pattern of the branch to avoid getting eaten by hungry predators.

The video shows the moth struggling to climb out of its cocoon, before squirting a yellowish goo all over someone's hand.

The affectionately nicknamed "boogie-woogie" aphids, formally known as beech blight aphids, are thought to dance as a warning to predators.

"I believe this species is considered to be the worst stinging caterpillar in Florida," an entomologist said.

The endangered snake, which has not been seen for four years, was found dead in a Florida park with the centipede halfway swallowed.

"Maybe he's trying to motivate himself," wrote one Redditor of the photo: "He's talking to himself with good words."

Russell Davies told the BBC that the bites feel like there are "shards of glass" in "every part" of his body.

It is not clear what species of spider was caught lurking on the Australian man's doorbell, but what ever it was, it was big.

Nemo the butterfly was left unable to fly with a damaged wing, until Dahlia replaced it with a white feather and aided him back into good health.

Sightings of the invasive species were confirmed in the U.S. in December 2019 and some experts fear they'll spread through the country.

The trend has racked up a collective 80 million views, but experts have advice on how to avoid harming ants while doing it.

The imminent cicada uprising won't just be a chance to see a rare sight—but an opportunity to enjoy a rare snack.

Cicadas will emerge from a 17-year slumber in more than a dozen states across the U.S. in the coming months, with billions of the flying insects surfacing to conduct a "boisterous" mating ritual.

After 17 years spent hibernating underground, vast swarms of cicadas collectively known as Brood 10 will emerge in more than a dozen U.S. states in the coming months.

The harmless insects that make way into people's homes in the late summer and early fall are nothing to fear unless you're a farmer.

Teouna and Ken Thomas saw the large, creepy-crawly guest climbing up the window outside their house.

The caterpillars of Asian gypsy moths can destroy large sections of forest. Sweetgum, apple, popular, oak, willow and linden trees are some of the plants that could be at risk.

Pink grasshoppers rarely make it to adulthood as the coloring, caused by a condition called erythrism, makes them easy targets for predators.

The rapid speeds of the Saharan silver ant enables it to travel across the dessert to forage for food in the height of the midday sun.

"The world must be coming to an end," one scientist joked.

Insect numbers everywhere are declining—and scientists aren't exactly sure why.

Scientists named them Xenomorphia, after the bloodthirsty, chest-splitting creatures from the Alien movies.

The giant water bug is believed to be the most painful of all insects.

The critters are particularly sensitive to other insects—and nosey researchers.