In 2023, researchers were in the process of introducing the samba wasp to control the SWD population. Now, there are new ...

A recent bee attack in France left 24 injured and three in critical condition. While bee attacks aren't common, there are ...

For the nests of paper wasps and small bald-faced hornets, we recommend Ortho Home Defense Hornet & Wasp Killer7. It’s an effective, pyrethroid-based spray that comes out in a foamy, shaving ...

The Saxon wasp, Dolichovespula saxonica, only arrived in Britain in the 1980s and it’s mainly common in the south.’ ‘The European hornet, Vespa crabro, is quite common in parts of the south, but it is ...

Wasp vs. hornet: what’s the difference? Don’t worry, we’re not picking favorites today, because I’d choose neither. We’re simply going on a little mission to discover the differences ...

Pond frogs ate every wasp they encountered, but 35 percent of the intact male wasps were able to fight off tree frog predation with pseudo stings, causing the frogs to spit them out.

Hornets are wasps, but not every wasp is a hornet. They do have a few distinctive behaviors, like building large, cone- or egg-shaped nests. You really should not mess with them and if you find a ...

Fairy flies, a.k.a. fairy wasps, are a family of about 1400 wasp species native to tropical climates. They grow up to 1 millimeter in length, making them the world’s smallest insects known to ...

Both hornets and wasps can sting repeatedly, and their stings are painful. However, hornet venom contains acetylcholine, which may cause a more intense sting, while wasps are more likely to sting ...

PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species helped human populations explode, so viral domestication assisted an ...

The yellow-legged hornet is a prolific predator of honey bees and other pollinators. Now it's been spotted alive in the wild in the U.S. for the first time.