entomology
![A bed bug works its way through a bed net.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mkschalhayesreview1500-scaled.jpg)
The Unintended Consequences of Success Against Malaria
![a time-lapse photograph shows fireflies as blurs of light in a meadow surrounded by trees at dusk.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/fireflies-HEADER.jpg)
Why Do Fireflies Light Up? And How Can I Bring More Fireflies to My Yard?
![a ladybug sits on a leaf](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bug-burps-1500.jpg)
Do Bugs Burp?
![adult corn earworm moth](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cew-adult-min-scaled-e1706885939987.jpg)
Beam Me Up: Using Lasers to Detect Moth Migrations
![close-up photo of a reddish ant's face](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jewell-rare-ants-HEADER-Matt-Bertone.jpg)
Rare Ant Species Rediscovered in North Carolina Trees
![Tobacco budworm on a leaf.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mkschalccmoth1500.jpg)
Male Moth ‘Aphrodisiac’ Revealed
![Scanning electron microscopy image of a chigger.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mkchiggerbacteria1500.jpg)
Bacterium Associated With Disease Found in N.C. Chiggers
![Fall armyworm moth.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mkschalfallarmywormmoth1500-scaled.jpg)
Perfume Component Helps Lure Male Moth Pests
![Mosquitoes](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mkmosquitobacteria2022.jpg)
Study Examines Bacteria Living In and On Mosquitoes
![Chicken used to test drugs' effectiveness in killing bed bugs.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mkschalbedbug20221500-scaled.jpg)
Common Veterinary Drugs Show Effectiveness Against Bed Bugs
![Corn earworm attacking corn plant.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mkhusethcornearworm1500-scaled.jpg)
Soil Temperature Can Predict Pest Spread in Crops
![Tobacco thrips with Plant Armor](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Thrip-Penetration-1_Moment.jpg)
In ‘Plant Armor’ Crop Cover, Insects Have to Navigate Textile Maze
![carpenter bee on a soybean flower](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Levenson-soybean-bee-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Being Near Pollinator Habitat Boosts Soybean Size
![three images capture beetle larvae at various stages of jumping; a fourth image shows the trajectory of a larva's leap](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bertone-jumping-HEADER.jpg)
Scientists Find Previously Unknown Jumping Behavior in Insects
![Bite-resistant textiles](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Untitled-design-85.jpg)