Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. According to Britain’s Royal Entomological Society there are roughly 1.4bn insects on earth for every single ...

While they may look similar to the invasive Joro spiders, these common arachnids not only help pollinators, they keep pests out of your garden.

The image above is an extreme close-up of a common British insect called a planthopper. You’re looking at it from below, at the point where its two hind legs connect to its body. In the middle, you ...

Stuart McCausland came across this little bundle of lichen with legs, scooting across a crape myrtle tree in his yard. It is a lacewing larva, sometimes called a “junk bug” because of the junk it ...

Named for their crablike shape and walking patterns that mimic crabs, crab spiders are found worldwide in soil and leaf litter or under bark. In an effort to learn more about the tiny arachnids, a ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Food & Beverage news every morning. According to Britain’s Royal Entomological Society there are roughly 1.4bn insects on earth for ...