Nature is often described as a battlefield, but for some predators, it is a masquerade ball. While most creatures use ...

Sue Katherine Boye Williams, 16, a junior at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn. and Chris Tracy, 19, a senior at the school, stand near an inlaid design of Connecticut's current State Insect, the ...

Godzilla vs. Mothra and now mantis vs. fly! Remembering some of the sci-fi horror movies involving a giant insect, a praying mantis may come to mind, and a fear factor is born. However, a praying ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf mantis species in which males avoid this fate with an elaborate dance ...

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When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its bug-to-be-most-proud-of for ...