Wood pulp-wrapped bald-face hornet nests aren’t an easy DIY removal task, either, because it’s too difficult to spray into ...

The nest starts as a golf ball but can grow to be the size of a basketball hoop by August. Repasky said, “The bald-faced hornet just hits harder. It feels like a lot of people say, it’s a ...

But bald-faced hornets tend to nest in more exposed areas, like hanging from tree branches, shrubs, utility poles and eaves, she says. That can cause some serious pain and injury, and even life-th ...

“Really, they’re just looking at three: yellow jackets, paper wasps, and bald-faced hornets.” Each has a different style of nest, and, as Texas A&M’s Mike Merchant told us, “because they ...

The nest starts as a golf ball but can grow to be the size of a basketball hoop come August. Repasky said, “The bald-faced hornet just hits harder. It feels like, a lot of people say ...

and provides images of similar-looking insects native to the area (like thin paper wasps, black and white bald-faced hornets, yellowjackets and elm sawflies). Rafi joined Live Science in 2017.