A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

David and I live in a farming area that includes preserved fields and wooded hillsides. Both of us are outside as much as possible, but we like different things in nature. I like plants and birds, ...

Sometimes nature just flies up and gets your attention. The wasp that flew up that day started sticking small round pieces of mud to the wall and then flew off. After a while it was clear that the ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...

Stuart McCausland was surprised to watch and photograph a black and yellow mud dauber on a hunting mission as it deftly negotiated a spider web in the Diamond Springs area of Virginia Beach. “I had my ...

Bees are important pollinators -- good guys among garden insects. So how can you tell if the buzzing creatures in your garden are yellow jackets, honeybees or wasps? The easy answer: very carefully.