Yellow jackets and paper wasps are incredibly similar wasps, and it’s difficult for the average person to tell them apart. They’re both yellow and black with thin bodies, slender wings ...

As winged insects go about the important business of pollinating plants, you may wonder whether the little guy that just ...

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 ...

The insects we most commonly identify as "wasps" are the social wasps. Social wasps (called yellow-jackets in some places) live in colonies consisting of hundreds or thousands of more-or-less ...

Wasp stings are no joking matter. This time of year, stinging insects are fierce. You might come across a yellow jacket hive or hornet nest nest anywhere in your yard, beneath your deck ...

I study insects that attack yellowjackets- I am especially interested in some rare wasps that lay their eggs in Douglas fir and hemlock needles. Caterpillars (or sawflies) feed on the needles and ...

While unable to speculate on the number of wasps expected to hatch this year, Hahn said the warm, early spring will allow the yellow jacket and hornet queens to produce more offspring throughout ...