These insects and arachnids might startle you or send shivers down your spine, but there's no need to worry about these ...

we may fear insects less and appreciate the critters around us." Commonly called daddy long-legs or harvestmen, the real name for this spindly bug is the cranefly. It's often confused with a ...

and it’s estimated that there are currently 10 quintillion insects on the globe. So far scientists who study bugs, called entomologists, have named one million insect species but studies ...

Insect body parts have names a lot like ours — the head, thorax (chest), and abdomen. But insects are also very different from us in many ways, including: They have a hard outer skeleton, instead of ...

(Here’s some more tips on spotting bed bugs when you’re traveling). Spider beetles and carpet beetles are some other insects that people may confuse for bed bugs, says Bossel. Although these ...