Like bees and butterflies, wasps are pollinators—so they can be good bugs to have around. But unlike these other insects, ...

Wasps need food and water sources as well as nesting sites to thrive. Learn what you may be doing to attract wasps to your ...

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

Villages, often separated from larger towns and cities, consist of clusters of households and a few public buildings. Despite ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

For the past few weeks, in between raindrops, I have been trying to paint the lower part of our house. When I removed the shutters, I found a small community of wasps, spiders and other insects.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

Key Points Wasps are drawn to your yard by any food and drink containing sugar or protein. They like to build their nests in sheltered spaces, often close to the house. Get rid of wasps by ...

Health Risks of Wasps Although wasps are beneficial, they pose a serious health risk, particularly to people who are allergic to them. Around 225,000 emergency room visits and 100 deaths per year ...

A fascinating parasitic species, it lays its eggs in the nests of other digger wasps, echoing the strategy of the cuckoo bird. Its larvae consume provisions originally intended for the host’s ...

Many species target aphids, while others prefer flies, beetiles or caterpillars. Their nesting behaviour is similar to that of wild bees. Most species nest underground, favouring open soil areas, ...