Paleontologists, including researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), have described the oldest insect larval feeding tunnels inside leaves, also known as leaf mines, along with ...

Insects are fragile, soft-bodied animals whose remains are difficult to preserve. Wings are often fossilized, but insect bodies, if present, are usually bits and pieces of the original prehistoric ...

There once was a growing young miner. Who sought safety in a leaf's inner liner. Away from the birds And hungry lizards --She digested her digitate diner. Not surprisingly, there is a paucity of ...

Leaf miners are just one of the many pests that affect our gardens. The two leaf miner types most often found in Marin are the Liriomyza spp., a mostly black and yellow fly with clear wings, and ...

Hanging head down, encased in blobs of froth, they suck the juices of their host plants. When they're around in great numbers -- as they are in some places this year -- the landscape looks as if it's ...

Q. I enjoyed your article on fruit trees in the newspaper. It’s been a challenge this year. An arborist suggested the referenced citrus leaf miner traps and they work really well. I replace them every ...