The Asian giant hornet is 1.5 to 2 inches long, while the cicada killer wasp is only up to 1.5 inches. But trying to differentiate between the two with size alone is not easy. Advertisement ...

You may have seen wasp-like insects buzzing around and feared they were Japanese hornets. But relax. They likely are cicada killers, harmless to humans, looking for their cicada prey.

Eastern cicada-killer wasps have black and yellow stripes that sometimes look like mountains. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Asian giant hornets make their nest on a tree trunk.

While the Asian giant hornet has a wide, orange head that stands out from its dark thorax, as opposed to the cicada killer's narrow, color-matching head, it's the difference in stripes that make ...

This is an Asian giant hornet, aka “murder hornet.” In her 17 years working as an extension entomologist in Eastern Oregon, Silvia Rondon has never received more reports, emails, phone calls ...

Sep. 30—State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans ...

Cicada killer wasps, also known as the eastern cicada killer or cicada hawks, are a species of the large digger wasp that preys on cicadas. This is bad news for the Broods XIX and XIII, which are ...

Buzz kill: ’Killer’ wasp headed ... But pity the poor cicada. ... the New York Times ran a story about the invasive Asian giant hornet — colloquially dubbed “murder hornet” — first ...

Cicada killers are larger than the average wasp, but not as dangerous as they look. Here’s how to get rid of them if you have tunnels around your home.

The cicada killer wasps are common in Texas during the summer and often mistaken for murder hornets because of their large size. Related Articles VERIFY: What 'murder hornets' are and what they're not ...

Eastern cicada killers, also known as giant cicada killers, are a family of large wasps roughly 1-1.5 inches long with clear, brownish-wings and black-and-yellow patterns similar to most wasps ...

In her 17 years working as an extension entomologist in Eastern Oregon, Silvia Rondon has never received more reports, emails, phone calls and texts with questions asking what type of ...