Steer clear! Wheel bugs are beneficial in the garden, but they deliver a painful bite when disturbed by humans. The post A ...

Many folks are perplexed by this grayish black prehistoric-looking insect. It will certainly stop you in your tracks if you see it in your garden. Its prominent characteristic structure is its ...

Wheel bugs are unassuming until they strike. They spend most of their time hiding, using leafy plants as cover. Their markings provide camouflage, which they use to great effect. That’s probably a ...

The wheel bug distinguishes itself by displaying a ‘half wheel cog’ upright and perpendicular on its back. There was a strange looking bug that fell out of our oak tree earlier last week. It was ...

Insects are all around us, but some get our attention more than others. In this week's Wild Moment, Jack Hubley shows us one that's bugging many News 8 viewers.VIDEO: Watch this week's Wild ...

When I went out to get the mail the other day, I paused to admire, as I often do, the variety of insects and arachnids buzzing, flitting and crawling about the big lantana bush next to my mailbox in ...

Walking up our entry steps after a hard morning of weeding yet another flower bed, a large, slow-moving insect caught my eye as it lumbered across an upper step at eye level. I gave it a closer look ...

As we transition from summer to fall and the temperatures start cooling off, many of us will be spending time outdoors getting our landscapes ready for winter. While enjoying our time outdoors, we ...

Last October my daughter phoned me at the office to report the presence of a “big, weird-looking bug” on our front porch—long-legged, slow moving, and unlike any she’d ever seen. She texted me a photo ...

Last summer while trimming back a shrub, I got stung. It wasn’t a bee, wasp or hornet sting. I explored the shrub to see what caused the pain and found an insect that looked like it had a wheel on its ...

When thinking about creepy crawlers, one might think of the 1998 movie called "A Bug's Life" that creates a positive image of little creatures that roam around nature. As fall season arrives, the ...