Question: We have a Black Mission fig tree and a large green bug is eating the figs. At first I thought it was birds so I covered the tree with netting. When I checked the tree today I saw 4 or 5 ...

As an adult, the Green June Beetle can cause losses by feeding on ripe apples, peaches, grapes, blackberries and other fruits and vegetables according to Kelly McGowan, horticulture educator with ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - If you’ve been outside lately, you may have noticed a shiny, green bug flying around. They’re called Green June Beetles, or June Bugs, and at one point were worshipped in Egypt.

While trekking through an open grassland atop a mountain range in Morocco, researchers spotted a small, shiny creature scurrying through the soil. They collected the creature, and after analysis they ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- July means fireworks and barbecues, but for a gardener in Northeast Ohio, this month also heralds the emergence of adult Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica). With menacing metallic ...

Many bright, iridescent beetles and butterflies get their brilliant colors not from pigments, but from the way tiny structures on their bodies reflect light. These structures have long been of ...

Researchers rediscovered a species of weevil thought extinct and found a new species of weevil in the Philippines, according to the University of Alberta. Shirley Bangoy University of Alberta Tom ...

Fossils tend to offer a black-and-white view of the past, but new research on prehistoric beetles brings the insects' flashy metallic colors back to vivid life. The findings, published in the journal ...

The stunning metallic green sheen of the "jewelled beetle" is produced by microscopic cells in its exoskeleton. Researchers reporting in the journal Science have revealed that, with no green pigments, ...