A swarm of ladybugs in western Romania has grown into a full blown-invasion, and there's nothing cute about it. Villagers throughout Arad County can be founding sweeping piles of the red insects from ...

It’s not the walking dead or intergalatic aliens, but a small, domed, yellow-orange, (usually) spotted beetle. The multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis), native to northeastern Asia. This ...

Above: lady beetles are being released into Purdue greenhouses as a biological control agent. Photo by Purdue University. Some insects are pests, but not all insects are bad. Overwhelmingly, the ...

Ladybugs in the garden are a good thing. Not only are these tiny red beetles associated with good luck, but they also have a big appetite for destructive garden pests like aphids, ...

For once, I have a story about a good-guy bug invasion. There are reports from all over the region of hordes of lady beetles being everywhere. The WSU Master Gardener Plant Clinic has received ...

The ladybug that slipped into your home to stay warm for winter is no lady and no bug. Instead, it is likely the multicolored Asian lady beetle. The small, roundish insect with black spots is often ...

A popular symbol of springtime is the red and black dome of a ladybug as it strolls along a plant stem looking for its next meal. Lady “bugs” are a group of beetles that are known as ladybird beetles ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Farmers could save $10-$12 per acre on insecticide treatments for soybean aphids by turning to a control method that money can't buy, said a Purdue University entomologist. That ...

Besieged residents sweep away lady bugs by the thousands. — -- A swarm of ladybugs in western Romania has grown into a full blown-invasion, and there's nothing cute about it. Villagers throughout ...