The Titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is the biggest beetle in the world. It's a dark brown colored longhorn that lives in the Amazon and grows to 17.7 centimeters long. The longhorn family ...

Australia's dung beetle problem began almost two centuries before scientists found a solution, when European settlers introduced cattle whose droppings were unlike anything most native Australian dung ...

CANBERRA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in supermarkets nationwide, the agriculture ministry said, raising concerns the pest could ...

SYDNEY—Americans dream of a white Christmas. In Australia, many people are hoping for brown, green and yellow beetles. In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes ...

Dung beetles play an important role helping clear up all the dung left by other animals in an environment. In Australia there are approximately 475 native species of dung beetle. But there's a problem ...

PUNA, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - An invasive new pest is starting to spread, and agriculture experts say it’s attacking crops in some areas of the Big Island. There is no common name for Acalolepta ...

Experts have nominated two butterflies, a pair of beetles, a signal fly and a glow-worm as 2026 ABC Insect of the Year ...

A rare and agonizing affliction dubbed "Christmas Eye", caused by the toxic secretions of a tiny native beetle, has re-emerged to torment residents in a remote part of southeastern Australia. The ...

Beetle That Threatens Australia's Grains Industry Found in Imported Nappies By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in ...