Beetles are part of the Coleoptera family of insects. There are 400,000 species worldwide, including the big black beetle found in the house or in the yard. Beetles have been around for over 270 ...

Beetles and squirrels may be 'pruning' reader's big oak trees. November 5, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated January 1, 1904 at 1:00 a.m.

Adult Asian longhorned beetles are large and range from 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches in length. That doesn’t include their long antennae. They are shiny black and have random white blotches, or spots.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Foresters say an enormous bark beetle epidemic is slowing down in Wyoming, but not because anybody has managed to bring the ravenous insects under control. Lack of large, live ...