Smartest way for man to fight the insects who rival him for the earth’s bounty is to turn insect against insect. The wasp Microbracon mellitor assassinates boll weevils (which last year destroyed ...

On a day when the bounty of summer vegetables were heaped in farmer’s stalls, Amanda Chester was on the hunt for one thing. “You ain’t got no purple hulls yet?” she asked farmer Woody Nix at his stall ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Cameroon’s forest tribes have long depended on insects to supplement their diets. The palm weevil grub, a fat worm found in palm trees, is such a popular ...

The spring and early summer is a key time in the annual battle with Vine weevils. The larvae of these destructive pests are now feeding on plant roots and can cause extensive damage, killing young ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Weevils have been enlisted to try to control a weed that is choking a Sydney river. The first of the insects were released yesterday into ...