One day last week I heard Mary Alice yelling for me to come quickly. Naturally I listened and went to her rescue. I saw a ...

Solitary wasps are single females whose only ... These wasps are brown with yellow stripes. Paper wasps construct umbrella-shaped nests of paper-like material in protected spots such as shrubs ...

Solitary wasp colonies last only one year ... They swarm most prominently in summer and fall. Paper wasps are primarily brown ...

Another has shown that in the absence of bumblebees as pollinators, the introduction of Paper Wasps ... while it is the wasps that don’t bother us and live solitary existences outside colonies ...

Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to house themselves and their colony. Most social wasps aren't particularly fussy when it comes to ...

You can see the largest species of tarantula hawk wasp, Pepsis heros, at the Museum. It's on diplay in Hintze Hall. Tarantula hawks can reach up to 11 centimetres long. There are 133 known species and ...