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Festivals

Roach races are back during Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Bug Fest Academy

Wildlife

Jorō spiders likely are coming to Philly. But it may take them years to arrive, and there's no need to panic

Jorō Spider Georgia

Wildlife

Spotted lanternflies may not harm trees as badly as initially feared

Spotted Lanternflies Trees

Philadelphia Zoo's new exhibit includes life-sized dinosaurs and lots of bugs

Philadelphia Zoo immersive exhibit

Wildlife

Spotted lanternfly population is shrinking in Southeastern Pa., but it's growing elswhere

Spotted Lanternfly

Nature

Help with firefly conservation this summer by counting the bugs in your backyard

TV

Docuseries 'Bug Out' explores unsolved Philadelphia Insectarium heist

Bug Out Trailer

Odd News

Philadelphia jumps to second place on Orkin's 2022 list of cities most infested with bed bugs

Odd News

Don't eat Brood X cicadas if you're allergic to seafood, FDA says

Cicadas

Nature

Pa. ramps up fight against spotted lanternflies as insects begin hatching across region

Spotted lanternfly Pennsylvania

Customs

Customs officers intercept mantis, eggs concealed in computer mouse

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Nature

Spotted lanternfly sightings up 500% in Pennsylvania, 1000% in parts of New Jersey

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Research

Researchers publish first-ever spotted lanternfly genome, built from a Berks County insect

Spotted lanternfly dna genome

Insects

Penn State urges football fans to keep spotted lanternfly out of Happy Valley

Science

USDA scientists import wasps from China to battle the spotted lanternfly invasion

Spotted lanternflies wasps china

Public Safety

Is this prominent South Philly fixture the worst hotel in the city?

Penrose Hotel

Addiction

Some Americans are getting high on meth-like wasp spray

wasp spray meth

Pests

Philadelphia ranks No. 1 on list of cities most infested by bed bugs

Philadelphia bed bugs

Alternative Medicine

The best essential oils for an all-natural anti-itch mosquito bite treatment

essential oil mosquito bite treatment

Pests

Spotted lanternfly sighting confirmed in Burlington County for the first time

spotted lanternfly fungi

Prevention

Skrillex's dubstep music might help prevent mosquito bites, researchers find

Pests

Eight Delaware zip codes bordering Pa., N.J. quarantined for lanternfly threat

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Pests

Pennsylvania will have 150 researchers trying to eradicate the spotted lanternfly in 2019

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Wildlife

Look out, Philly could be facing a spotted lanternfly invasion

spotted lanternfly fungi

Family-Friendly

Check out live insects at Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Bug Fest at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Home

How to get rid of gnats in your home

Flies

Science

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

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Exhibits

PHOTOS: Check out this exhibit with 20 giant bugs

Carroll - Extreme Bugs Exhibit Academy of Natural Sciences

Bugs

'Exotic' tick species discovered in New Jersey

New Jersey Tick

Odd News

'Welcome our new insect overlords': Flying ants spotted in swarms across Philadelphia

Odd News

'Nightmarish number of huge spiders' are scaring SEPTA commuters at one train station

Spider

Odd News

Philadelphia ranked one of the most termite-infested cities in the nation

Odd News

Gross: Philadelphia ranked one of the nation's most bed bug infested cities

Bed bugs

Universities

Cockroaches infest Villanova University residence halls

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Agriculture

Customs: 'Destructive' beetle larvae found in Philadelphia rice shipment

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Science

Infrequently Asked Questions: How do fireflies light up?

Bugs

Academy of Natural Sciences celebrate Bug Fest this weekend

Bug Fest

Events

Academy of Natural Sciences to host Bug Fest

Tarantula

Events

Spend a day at the Wissahickon Environmental Center identifying insects

Zika Virus

Consumer Reports Ratings: Best mosquito repellants to protect against Zika virus

Environment

Beetle species that kills forests intercepted at Philly port

Beetle Philly port

Events

View live tarantulas at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Tarantula

Videos