With September’s shorter days, come cooler temperatures. I promise. By the time you read this, I’m hoping there will be a chill in the air every night. Cooler, shorter days also cause yellow jackets ...

To make sure their appeals for a mate can be heard loud and clear, tree crickets (Oecanthus henryi) cut a hole in a leaf and call through it, using it like a megaphone. Called ‘baffling’, it is one of ...

Male insects, such as crickets and katydids, create sounds by rubbing their wings together, a process called stridulation. The sounds of these insects, which have existed for millions of years, can be ...

A wide, but not deep, planting hole makes it easier to safely remove burlap and wire baskets. These tree crickets were paralyzed by a female wasp and then used to provision a nest of grass clippings ...