animals A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell Ellsworth Toohey

art Watch a caterpillar enjoy a tiny playground built just for bugs Popkin

crime Smugglers were caught with 5,000 Kenyan queen ants worth $220 each Ellsworth Toohey

animals Meet the Picasso bug: the jewel-colored insect that looks like art Popkin

Nature Driving Through a Locust Swarm Looks Like a Living Sandstorm Popkin

animals This inchworm is so small it looks like an eyelash crawling across someone's arm Popkin

Science Macro photography reveals hidden art in butterfly and moth wings Popkin

photography Dara Ojo's gorgeous macrophotography of bugs captures their quirky and curious personalities Jennifer Sandlin

Science Plants scream, and insects are listening Gail Sherman

Science Expert answers Internet's burning questions about insects Popkin

Science Peter Kuper's Insectopolis: A history of insects, told by insects Ruben Bolling

painful returns Scorpion stings woman at Boston Logan International Airport — and the little critter gets away Carla Sinclair

Science These caterpillars build log-cabin cocoons to wear on their backs Gail Sherman

insects This is the oldest image of a bug's brain Allan Rose Hill

Science Why a horse fly bite hurts so much more than a mosquito sting Ellsworth Toohey

Science "Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects Gail Sherman

LGBTQ Anti-trans speech goes haywire when 6,000 crickets take over the venue (video) Carla Sinclair

Science Black cloud of dragonflies terrorizes beachgoers (video) Allan Rose Hill

creepy crawlers Press briefing comically interrupted by creepy visitor — as in a "rather large" cockroach (video) Carla Sinclair

insects Nevada swarming with over 3,000 mosquitos infected with West Nile Virus: "It is explosive here" Carla Sinclair