A common farm pest appears to have leapfrogged over the flea to claim the unofficial title as the world's best jumper. British researchers say experiments show the spittle bug -- a tiny, green insect ...

Yikes! You just spotted a questionable bug in your home. One minute, it looks like a bed bug. The next, it resembles a flea. Now you're not sure what it is anymore. Both pests are tiny, eat blood, ...

It can be jarring to discover you have a new bug bite, let alone several bug bites. And if it doesn’t look like you’re dealing with mosquito bites, it’s fair to wonder if you could have bed bug or ...

Fleas perform an amazing feat when they jump, and the mechanics behind the tiny, bloodsucking pests' acrobatics have been studied -- and debated -- for a long time. But new research may have settled ...

Flea beetle damage. It begins with a tiny “shothole,” a hole straight through a leaf as if the leaf was poked with a tiny ice pick. Damage begins with a few holes then faint lacy patternings appear ...

Fleas are pesky little biters, only 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch long, in the insect order Siphonaptera. That translates into English roughly as little bloodsuckers that drink through a tube (siphon) and that ...

They’re tiny. They get lots of air while jumping. They come in such large numbers that they may even make snow appear black. But experts say snow fleas emerging during winter months have one goal, and ...

Close up woman applying tick and flea prevention treatment and medicine to her dog or pet© Chutima Chaochaiya/Shutterstock.com Bed bugs have made an unwelcome resurgence in the US in the past decade ...