A new study shows that a mother digger wasp (Ammophila pubescens) can remember the locations and feeding history of up to ...

These wasps may be inhabited by a bacteria, Wolbachia, which turns nearly all wasps in a population female. It turns out they force male eggs to become female thanks to sex — determining genes ...

If the female wasp arrives in a male fig—also known as a caprifig—she lays her eggs and then dies. Her eggs hatch, with blind, flightless male wasps hatching first.

Female braconid wasps inject their eggs under the skin of the hornworm. At the same time, they also inject a virus called polydnavirus. This virus works against the natural defense system of the ...

The mother wasp somehow knows whether the egg she has just laid is a male or a female, and will bring extra cicadas to a ...

Aphid-hunting wasps can reproduce with or without sex, challenging previous assumptions. This unique flexibility could boost sustainable pest control if its hidden drawbacks can be managed.

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar. The wasp's flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of ...

Imagine this: One fine day, you’re working in the garden when a giant female wasp suddenly buzzes upon you and delivers a punishing sting before you know what hit you.

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar. The wasp’s flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of ...

Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar. The wasp's flaps and teeth-like hairs resemble the structure of ...