Insects

The insect industry faces skeptical consumers and regulatory hurdles, but proponents think insects could play a helpful role in sustainable agriculture

"It is estimated that there are at least a few hundred million ants in this entire nest," ant specialist Luc Gomel said.

"A tomato plant that looked fine on Saturday can be nearly stripped of leaves by Tuesday morning," the Mississippi State University Extension Service said.

The non-native yellow-legged hornet, a fearsome predator of honeybees, has been detected in the United States for the first time.

Around 1.5 million scorpion stings occur worldwide each year, resulting in about 2,600 deaths.

Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.

James Bindoff, who goes by Townsville Snake Catcher on the internet, found an unusual culprit after responding to what was thought to be a loudly hissing snake.

The little girl, aged only two, is thought to have died from rickettsiosis caused by bacteria transmitted by ticks.

The bees were filmed engulfing the entrance to the property in Pennsylvania, which suffered significant damage.

The researchers found that males that had lost one of their legs during development were more likely to become gamma males, at the bottom of the male hierarchy.

"The risks posed by infectious diseases in the U.S., such as malaria, and their prevention strategies must not be undermined," a global health professor said.

The man and his work colleague were attacked while on a farm.

The boy was brought into hospital following two days of redness and swelling, after a fly flew into his eye.

The man told Newsweek: "I thought it was just a spider or maybe a smaller bug but as I swatted it away it felt much harder and heavier."

The mother stepped on a fire ant mound near her home and suffered a severe allergic reaction.

The delicate interactions between insects, their predators and prey, and the plants that they rely on, may be thrown off-kilter by climate change.

The insects, commonly called Mormon crickets, can be dormant for years before hatching in mass numbers under the right weather conditions.

With the video receiving more than 9.7 million views, the poster said, "I'm a prisoner in my own home," adding that the cricket infestation "does look witchy."

"It was just utterly spectacular and horrific for anyone standing in their way," said a producer of a docuseries on the 2020 event.

The footage left viewers on TikTok stunned with one commenting: "I would have IMMEDIATELY gone to the ER after this."

Elisha Bixler described what she witnessed as the "most brutal" thing she's seen in her time as a beekeeper.

"I have never experienced anything like this. I had been stung many times before but nothing where it was more than 10 or 15 stings," said John Fischer.

The virus attacks the brain and the membrane surrounding it, which can result in severe neurological symptoms in some patients.

The spider's unusual behavior makes it much less appealing to some predators, allowing them to hide in plain sight.

"I definitely was shocked," he told Newsweek. "Especially by the ones on my jeans as they were quickly crawling up my leg."

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

As celebrities jostled for attention at the annual soirée in New York City, it was the uninvited insect that almost stole the show.

"I could see a trail of them walking up through the front of my skirt," Jess Davis said.

"It felt like someone burning me with a cigarette on my inner right thigh," Eric Breuer told Newsweek.

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.