Scientists have found microplastics inside Antarctica's only native insect, the Belgica antarctica. Discover what this means ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica ...

When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

Only recently discovered, in 2017, soybean gall midge is a significant and fast-spreading new pest to Midwest growers. Significant yield reductions may occur, especially at the field edge where this ...

FARGO - Soil sample tests in North Dakota indicate a dramatic increase in levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2011 season, according to Janet Knodel, North Dakota State ...

FARGO - Soil samples in North Dakota indicate lower levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae (cocoons) for the 2012 season. "With only 12 percent of the samples statewide being moderate to high risk ...

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native to Antarctica, that somehow survives the extreme climate. How the Antarctic ...

This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are small flying insects that start off their lives as larvae that live in fresh water. This tube of pastel colors is a midge larva. Midges are ...

Robert Frost derided the idea that good fences make good neighbors. But Emily McDermott is investigating what hinders neighborliness among bloodsuckers. McDermott, assistant professor of entomology ...