Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people refer to a “water bug,” they’re actually employing a delicate colloquialism for an insect whose mere name induces ...

If, as a child, I knew what I know now about water bugs, I would have treated them with more respect. These large insects populated a nearby creek my friends and I frequented. While we never tried to ...

Seeing any insect scuttle around your home is cause for concern, but when it’s a bug that bites, all bets are off. Of course, a slew of different bugs can cruise around your place, making it tough to ...

This summer, as you cool your bare feet in a stream somewhere in California — or almost anywhere in the world, really — you might feel a painful nip. The menacing culprit: a giant water bug. Lurking ...

Picture yourself wading into a cool lake on a summer afternoon, water up to your shins, when something clamps onto your toe with a grip that feels nothing like a fish nibble. It burns. It swells. And ...

When most people refer to a “water bug,” they're actually employing a delicate colloquialism for an insect whose mere name induces squirms: the cockroach. A common question is, “Are water bugs roaches ...