We analyzed effects of pitfall trap color on spider catches using four different pitfall trap colors (white, yellow, green, brown). For each color, we installed 17 pitfall traps at two grassland sites ...

Ben Franklin and Mark Twain get credit for a lot of quips and quotes, some of which they actually said. "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door” is not one of them.

Vacuum traps are best for handling flying insects, especially those that aren’t attracted to light. These traps use a vacuum fan that sucks in nearby pests and confines them in an internal chamber.

Fallen feathers may appear innocuous, but bugs in tropical Brazilian savannas should think twice about approaching them. New research suggests Pheidole oxyops ants sometimes place feathers around ...