Wasps pose significant dangers, as even a single wasp or a large group can inflict harm or even be fatal to sensitive ...

Compared with other ultrablack animals, female velvet ants are darker than the common birdwing butterfly, the only other ...

Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets live in colonies similar to those of honey bees and ants Yellow-jackets (Vespula vulgaris) are the size of honey bees, with black and bright ...

Four southern giant hornets have turned up in Spain. Similar stingers, known for honeybee attacks, had the Pacific Northwest on edge a few years ago.

Wasps have generally earned themselves a bad reputation ... These species are very similar in size and colour - predominantly yellow with black markings. ‘The European hornet, Vespa crabro, is quite ...

hopes to find out which species of wasps live where in the UK, and provide some baseline data for an annual Big Wasp Survey over the coming years. As Dr Seirian Sumner (UCL) says: "The black and ...

With spring arriving earlier than usual, so will less happily anticipated signs of summer: wasps and hornets. University of Minnesota Extension Service entomologist Jeffrey Hahn said not only will the ...