Living on the rugged landscape of rocks and concrete, the red velvet mite Balaustium murorum braves intense sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. These non-parasitic mites feed largely on pollen and ...

Who knew spider-looking bugs could be so cute? Big Bend National Park posted about a cutie one of its volunteers spotted while walking along the state park a few weeks ago. In the Wednesday Facebook ...

When they mate, red velvet mites perform an interesting dance. They move in circles, tapping each other with their forelegs and depositing threads to communicate with each other. Males deposit a ...

Bright red, soft, and velvety … no, I’m not describing a Valentine’s Day decoration, but a red velvet mite. Built like eight-legged, scarlet Beanie Babies, red velvet mites are hard to miss, even ...

Q: Help—I found lots of small red bugs in my home! How can I get rid of them and keep my home free of these mysterious, tiny red bugs? A: While managing pests in any person’s home can be complex, the ...

Blood feeding red poultry mites (RPM) serve as vectors of pathogenic bacteria and viruses among vertebrate hosts including wild birds, poultry hens, mammals, and humans. The microbiome of RPM has not ...

Red velvet mites are known as summer rain bugs as the critters emerge from the ground after heavy rainfall to feast on desert termites. The park staff noted the bug was sighted on the Chihuahuan ...

This year's cicada emergence was a double whammy of insects, with two groups of periodical cicadas that only come out of the ground every 13 or 17 years making a simultaneous appearance. But even ...

If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of ...

The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful, itchy remnants of a ...

More and more people are reporting unusual rashes and itchy bites from oak itch mites, which feed off cicada eggs. “We have seen a significant increase in our suburban locations compared to our ...

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