It can be hard to find a mate when you're less than 5 mm long. Luckily, leafhoppers can pick up on each other's vibes. The first step in mating is identifying and finding a partner. Nearctic ...

Early March is usually the time of the deepest snow cover in the Northland. But, thanks to the mild conditions of the last couple of weeks, snow is hard to find anywhere at this time. Also, a normal ...

Q: I have a lot of midges or gnats in the leaves of my grape trees. I don't know what to do to kill them. If I touch the leaves these insects will fly all over me. A: These are more likely leafhoppers ...

My friend Kristen asked me about some small, fast-moving bugs plaguing her vegetables and flowers. When she described them, I pulled up a photo of leafhoppers on my phone and showed her. “Yes, that’s ...

The relationship between host plant predictability and food niche width was tested using monocotyledonous plants (Juncales, Cyperales, Poales) and leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera). Plants with ...

Q: Help! There are some little brownish insects appearing on the outside of my windows, on the ceiling of my porch and even inside my kitchen. They seem to be attracted to light. They fly, but they ...

Phytoplasmas are bacteria that can invade the vascular tissues of plants, causing many different crop diseases. While most studies of phytoplasmas begin by examining plants showing disease symptoms, a ...

Nature has no shortage of animal camouflage tricks. One newly recognized form of deception, used by plant-eating insects called leafhoppers, was thought to have a whole different purpose. Leafhoppers ...

Growers in Kansas have detected corn leafhoppers in fields across the state, said Kansas State University plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre, noting they transmit a devastating pathogen called corn ...