What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here's what to know about these pesky summer insects.

Paper wasps have a similar-sized nervous system to honeybees, and both insects have brains about the same size as a grain of rice. However paper wasps show more complex social behaviors.

Paper wasps are vespid (stinging) wasps that have long legs. These wasps are reddish-brown to black in color with yellow markings. The most common paper wasps are 5/8 to 3/4 inches in length.

Paper wasps have a similar-sized nervous system to honeybees, and both insects have brains about the same size as a grain of rice. However paper wasps show more complex social behaviors.

There are a number of paper wasp species native to particular areas of the United States, as well as an invasive one, a European variety that has spread nationwide since its arrival in the 1970s ...

Paper wasps are 1-inch-long slender wasps with long legs and a distinct slender waist. Most Western species tend to be golden brown or darker with large patches of yellow or red.

Paper wasps can sting, but they aren’t aggressive wasps. They’re most likely to sting when provoked, such as when you mess ...

Paper wasps and honeybees have considerably smaller brains (fewer than 1 million neurons) than vertebrates known to form same-different concepts. Pigeons, for example, ...

Organisms use signals of quality to communicate information about aspects of their relative phenotypic and genetic constitution1,2,3,4. Badges of status5,6,7 are a subset of signals of quality ...

Paper wasps are wired to recognize the faces of others of its species, scientists find. This is the first time scientists have discovered facial recognition in an insect.