Behold the Biggest Beetles in Texas (and Their Creepy Larvae)
Ounce for ounce, rhinoceros beetles are among the strongest animals on earth.
Ounce for ounce, rhinoceros beetles are among the strongest animals on earth.
Butterfly wings, tarantula legs, and “Frankenstein” beetles—the insect taxidermists of Pinned Ptera find the beauty in it all.
I recently had a terrifying run-in with one in a West Texas stock tank.
As the invasive beetle carves a path through Texas, state and federal officials are searching for solutions.
Lyne Raff gets up close and personal with moths, cicadas, and other intricate insects.
Favorable weather led to scads of the insects this spring. (And no, they don’t eat mosquitos.)
It’s furry and cute, but it can cause intense, throbbing pain for up to twelve hours!
Stuart Marcus has spent years identifying and photographing hundreds of species of moths near the Trinity River, but he still has more to go.
Fifty years ago, a minor league game in Midland was postponed for the rarest of reasons—a swarm of grasshoppers biblical in its proportions.
Even nastier than fire ants, the insects disable electronics and swarm over people and animals. UT researchers have found a pathogen that destroys them.
The newest species is named after the grad student pub Valhalla, on whose grounds it was found.
You’ll need the right kind of milkweed and plenty of patience.
A very wet spring has a San Antonio woman looking for some relief from an arthropod invasion.
Although they're on the rebound in Central Texas, these magical flying beetles aren't lighting up the sky like they used to. A New Braunfels expert says they're still out there if you know where to look.
What to do if you're bitten by fire ants, lost in the wilderness, sprayed by a skunk, attacked by a shark, stuck in a lightning storm, swept away by a riptide, or caught in any of eleven other worst-case scenarios.
What to do in ten more worst-case scenarios, from getting bitten by a brown recluse to getting caught in a dust storm.
Want to see millions of migrating monarchs on their annual winter getaway? Wing on down to Mexico.
Up close and personal with our expanding entomological universe.
The saga of a man and his helpful insects illustrates the age-old battle between visionaries and bureaucrats.
Fire ants are on a relentless march across Texas, maiming, devouring, and stinging the living daylights out of everything in their path. We’ve tried to stop them, and it has only made them stronger.
Roy Kendall, self-taught lepidopterist, would want you to add this to the list of reasons for living in Texas: nowhere else in the U.S. are there so many beautiful and unusual butterflies.