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Learn how different types of insects communicate with each other, other animals, and with the world around them in these articles.

Animals & Nature

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Charles Henry Turner

Charles Henry Turner

Charles Henry Turner, Pioneer Animal Behaviorist

15 Fascinating Facts About Pill Bugs

10 Interesting Facts About Dragonflies

Cockroach

Cockroach

Do Bugs Crawl in People's Ears?

Itching and scratching

Itching and scratching

Can Fleas Live on Humans?

When dragonflies or damselflies mate, they perform all kinds of acrobatics.

When dragonflies or damselflies mate, they perform all kinds of acrobatics.

How Dragonflies Mate

Diving beetle larva.

Diving beetle larva.

How Do Insects Breathe?

Monarch butterfly in the sky.

Monarch butterfly in the sky.

5 Things You Didn't Know About the Monarch Butterfly Migration

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

What Is Batesian Mimicry?

ladybugs mating on plant

ladybugs mating on plant

Courtship Rituals in Insect Mating

Painted lady butterfly

Painted lady butterfly

All About Insect Migration

Bird on a log eating an insect

Bird on a log eating an insect

Birds and Other Natural Predators to Control Mosquitoes

Potato beetles feeding on a leaf.

Potato beetles feeding on a leaf.

How Do Insects Find Their Host Plants?

Fireflies on a leaf

Fireflies on a leaf

How Insects Attract a Mate

Oak gall

Oak gall

What Are Galls?

Spider web.

Spider web.

Spider Silk Is Nature's Miracle Fiber

Silhouette of Two Dragonflies Mating at Sunset

Silhouette of Two Dragonflies Mating at Sunset

How Do Insects Have Sex?

The Ice Mosquito

The Ice Mosquito

Where Do Mosquitoes Spend the Winter?

Honey bees are eusocial insects.

Honey bees are eusocial insects.

What Are Social Insects?

Monarch caterpillar Danaus plexippus feeding on leaf, Pennsylvania, USA

Monarch caterpillar Danaus plexippus feeding on leaf, Pennsylvania, USA

How Do Insects Smell?

A termite

A termite

Why Do Termites Follow Ink Trails?

Directly Above Shot Of Millipede

Directly Above Shot Of Millipede

Millipedes, Class Diplopoda

A woolly bear caterpillar

A woolly bear caterpillar

Can Woolly Worms Really Predict the Winter Weather?

Three moths circle an illuminated light bulb

Three moths circle an illuminated light bulb

Why Are Insects Attracted to Lights?

Carolina Mantids Mating

Carolina Mantids Mating

Praying Mantis Mating and Cannibalism

Grasshopper.

Grasshopper.

How Do Crickets, Cicadas, and Grasshoppers Make Music?

Close up of a centipede looking into the camera.

Close up of a centipede looking into the camera.

Habits and Traits of Centipedes, Class Chilopoda

Eastern Yellow Jacket Wasps on Decaying Pears

Eastern Yellow Jacket Wasps on Decaying Pears

How Insects Taste Their Food

Caterpillar playing dead.

Caterpillar playing dead.

Insects That Defend Themselves by Playing Dead

Tympanal organ.

Tympanal organ.

Ever Wondered How Insects Hear the World Around Them?

The cinnabar moth.

The cinnabar moth.

Diapause in Insects

Warbler eating insects

Warbler eating insects

10 Ways Insects Defend Themselves

Dragonfly nymph eating a fish.

Dragonfly nymph eating a fish.

What Do Adult and Immature Dragonflies Eat?

A cockroach on its back

A cockroach on its back

Why Do Bugs Die On Their Backs?

Close-up Of Boxelder Bugs On Wall

Close-up Of Boxelder Bugs On Wall

Why Insects Invade Your Home in Cold Weather

Box elder bugs on wooden surface

Box elder bugs on wooden surface

How to Control Invasions of Box Elder Bugs

A ladybug eating aphids.

A ladybug eating aphids.

Four Tips for Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden

Common green darner.

Common green darner.

Darners, Family Aeshnidae

Praying mantis siting on table in home.

Praying mantis siting on table in home.

Can Insects Learn?

Hecales Longwing (Heliconius hecale)

Hecales Longwing (Heliconius hecale)

The Definition and Uses of Müllerian Mimicry

Cicada damage to a tree.

Cicada damage to a tree.

Will the 17-Year Cicadas Damage My Trees?

grasshopper

grasshopper

Which Insect Makes the Biggest Swarm?

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