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A rainforest katydid in Panama just glowed hot pink before slowly turning green — a living color switch that upends what scientists knew about camouflage

Late on the night of March 27, 2025, a researcher walking through the forest on Barro Colorado Island, a 15-square-kilometer ...
AOL

This Insect’s Paralyzing Saliva Makes It a Green Garden Assassin — and One You Want Around

Nicknamed “aphid wolves,” lacewings are beneficial insects with a voracious appetite for common pests. These generalist predators consume various prey in their larval and adult stages. Surprisingly, ...
C&EN

This insect uses a protein to go green

Being green is a matter of life or death for Tettigonia cantans. Also known as upland green bush crickets, these insects’ green hue lets them hide from predators in the fens, marshes, mountain meadows ...

Insects in the city: Flowers alone may not be enough to sustain them

What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And how well do they ...
The Baltimore Sun

Garden Q&A: What kind of insect is this?

Q: This past summer I saw shiny green insects on a path I maintain in my woods. They would let me get somewhat close and then fly a little bit down the path and land again. Do you know what they might ...
WMUR

Grow it Green: Beneficial insects

HERE AND THERE. LET’S HEAD TO GREEN. WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW GREEN WHERE AT BLUE SEAL AND MILFORD. AND I’M JOINED BY RACHEL MAZZINI FROM UNHCR EXTENSION AND RACHEL, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A KIND OF A ...
Fort Morgan Times

Colorado Master Gardener Leslie Weinsheim: Good garden insects to know and to keep around

Did you know that more than 97% of all insects in your garden are beneficial and help your garden flourish? I didn’t know this until I began working on this article! Most insects either help pollinate ...