• Why do humans avoid the tsetse fly?
  The tsetse fly is the insect that carries sleeping sickness, and can ...

• How are the colors of butterflies made?
  The wings of butterflies and moths are covered in tiny overlapping ...

• Which flies help the police with their enquiries?
  Different species of flies arrive at different stages, during the ...

• Which moth encourages its food to grow?
  Many moths and butterflies may help their food grow, because they ...

• How does a blowfly taste its food?
  It is useful to a fly to know, before it tries to feed, whether what ...

• What are “no-see-ums’?
  No-see-ums are North American biting midges. They feed on us, using ...

• Would you like a woolly bear in your sweater?
  Woolly bears are the hairy larvae of museum beetles and carpet ...

• How does the death-watch beetle attract a mate?
  The death-watch beetle lives in tunnels that it makes inside dry wood ...

• Which beetle might you find in your cereal?
  A number of beetles can get into cereal products such as flour, ...

• Which is the largest beetle?
  The biggest beetles in the world are about the size of a mouse. ...