Cole's Suet Kibbles with Real Insects Enjoyed by Female Cardinal

Cole's Suet Kibbles is a high potency feed, bursting with berry flavor and loaded with beneficial dried insects for increased stamina in the wild. Works well in a sunflower feeder or mixed with favorite seed and loved by warblers, woodpeckers, bluebirds, and nuthatches.

Large Paper Hornet's Nest in Tree

Hornets' nests are fashioned in the form of a paper construction design by the insects and usually found in the high branches of trees.

Sting operation: Wasps, hornets and yellow jackets offer benefits despite their bad-temper reputation

There's a reason the age-old expression "Stepping into a hornet's nest" carries such strong connotation.

Brookfield Zoo's Xtreme BUGS exhibit Praying Mantis

Brookfield Zoo's Xtreme BUGS exhibit features more than 20 over-sized animatronic bugs, including a looming and hungry Praying Mantis.

Scientists, students converge on Newton County for bioblitz

Reaction to bug bites might need medical attention

It’s that time of year when the bugs are out and biting. Most bug bites seen in the Midwest are just an itchy nuisance. However, some bug bites may need medical attention.

PHIL WIELAND: An ode to help beat the spring's early heat

March came in like the lion of our legendary knowing

Mild winter means early emergence of many pests

Nikky Witkowski, an agriculture and natural resources educator for Purdue University Extension, was outside her home one March evening and was surprised to be bitten by mosquitoes.

A Halloween Hello: spooky, stylish front porches

Dressing up's the name of the game on Halloween, but it's just as much fun to dress up the front of the house.

Up close and personal

Our Lady of Grace Preschool students took a break from their unit on Community Helpers to examine a praying mantis. Preschool teacher Debbye Jackman found the insect on the window sill of the Highland preschool and brought it inside, where Emma Boyer, 4, takes a closer look.

Bug-busting bats are needlessly maligned

Chuck Roth has gone to bat for bats for 20 years. He regards the mouse-sized flying mammals as free pest exterminators.

Cirque du Soleil's OVO

A love-sick lady bug and persistent fly are among the featured characters in Cirque du Soleil's "OVO" now playing Chicago in a tent at the United Center's parking lot through Aug. 21.

OFFBEAT: New 'OVO' insect-themed Cirque du Soleil show seems small in many ways

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

The non-toxic way to get rid of unwanted insects

Want a safer way to get rid of unwanted pests like ants, roaches, and even bedbugs? Do your part and try something you've probably never even heard of — Diatomaceous Earth, or DE for short. It's actually the fossilized remains of microscopic shells. When these remains come into contact with …