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Find out everything there is to know about insects and stay updated on the latest insect research with the comprehensive articles, interactive features and insect pictures at LiveScience.com. Learn more about these fascinating species as scientists continue to make amazing discoveries about insects.
Grasping antennae evolved in male water bugs to...
A collection of creatures that shed their skins.
From striking Monarchs to iridescent morpho butterflies, here's a look at some butterfly beauties.
Fireflies use a chemical reaction to produce their familiar, summer night flicker.
A fly that feeds on the blood of bats dates back to 20 at least million years ago.
Researchers first scanned a live scorpion with a 3D laser scanner.
More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science were insects, according to the most recent compilation.
Insects evolved super-sensitive hearing early, a new study finds.
From wasps with reindeerlike antlers to an insect that resembles a cinnamon stick, these bugs are naturally decked out for the Christmas season.
The little insect hadn't been seen in 55 years.
Like paying a prostitute with counterfeit bills, male nursery web spiders sometimes pay with worthless gifts that distract the female while they mate.
The mite and its spider pal were locked together in Baltic amber.
10 creepy-crawlies are out to snag the top spot.
The candidates for the 2011 Ugly Bug Contest have been narrowed down to these 10 contenders.
Lynn Kimsey, who discovered the new species known as the "warrior wasp," and several hundred others, answers the 10 ScienceLives questions.
But do they "hold the door" for their dates?
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