Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Costa Rican scientists are sounding the alarm as a once-abundant insect species edges toward collapse. Known locally as abejones ...
When those warm spring evenings start to roll in, you might hear a frantic thumping against your window screens. While many homeowners dismiss these clumsy, bumbling visitors as the harmless June bugs ...
A rapid decline has Costa Rican conservationists concerned about the future of an iconic beetle species. For generations, the arrival of abejones de mayo, otherwise known as May beetles, has meant the ...
In Costa Rica, the iconic “May beetles” (abejones de mayo), known scientifically as the Phyllophaga genus, are vanishing at an alarming rate. These beetles, which have long heralded the arrival of the ...
Experts at UConn’s Home and Garden Education Center are warning gardeners about invasive beetles. “They’re not harmful to people,’ said horticulture specialist and educator Pamm Cooper. “They can be ...