GREENSBORO, N.C. — 'Tis the season for creepy crawlies, coming out for spring and invading our homes. The Triad area has a fair share of unusual creatures, including some of the most concerning, like ...

The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) has been a pest of coconut palms in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines for a long time. More recently, it's become a pest of 40 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY)-- Everyone is seeing them. A small, flying insect that looks like a tick, but it's not. Experts say the bug is called a weevil. They can't hurt you and it doesn't spread ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – You may have noticed tick-like bugs on your clothes, your car, in parking lots or in your yard. However, insect experts say the critters aren't as dangerous as they seem. The bugs ...

Responsible for millions of dollars in crop losses annually, the red palm weevil is a flying beetle that lays its eggs inside date palm trees. It could soon be possible to detect such infestations ...

UC Riverside scientists have a new chemical weapon to seduce and kill the invasive, long-nosed beetles destroying California palm trees by the tens of thousands. The weapon involves a pheromone ...

The largest males have bigger weapons, but smaller males have other advantages. Photo by Ummat Somjee When it comes to some members of the insect world, size variations can be mind-boggling. A ...

Scientists from California and Saudi Arabia have observed red palm weevils flying as far as 50 kilometers in 24 hours in flight mill studies. The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) has been a ...