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ARS researchers are helping farmers use beneficial insects to protect their crops.

We all know that insects surround us, but what about the ones that get closer to home – inside our homes?

Pollinators are essential to healthy, biodiverse ecosystems.

At ARS, researchers are working on new approaches to limit ticks’ ability to spread.

ARS scientists are inventing new tools to investigate blood-sucking insects.

ARS researchers have been hot on the trail of the destructive spotted lanternfly.

This insect is native to East Asia and feeds on the sap of the vividly colorful crapemyrtle trees, as well as apple and blackberry plants.

Learn how ARS scientists are working hard to fight this pest and protect our beloved ash trees.

These parasitic wasps lay eggs inside the developing fly larva and consume them from the inside.

ARS scientists are constantly discovering and describing new species of insects like the ostrich moth.

This moth is native to Southeast Asia and its caterpillar feeds on the tissues inside stems of plants in the myrtle family.

This mite is used by farmers to attack and feast on bugs that destroy strawberries and other crops inside greenhouses and fields.

These caterpillars started as a “friend” but the species became an invasive “pest” when it was discovered in Florida.