Move over, cicadas; there’s a new pest in town, and it’s a cold-blooded killer. The giant Sphecius speciosus, commonly known ...

The cicada killer wasp is often mistaken for the so-called “murder hornet” found in the Pacific Northwest, and the females ...

While intimidating to look at, these wasps are of little threat. What you are looking at is a Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecuis spp.). As their name suggests, they specialize in hunting cicadas (Tibicen ...

The facts tell a different story. Guns are not the number one killer of children at any age between 0 and 12. They never have been. Cars are the biggest killer. Who says? The CDC database called ...

He told the story of Eastern cicada killer wasps. The wasp stings the insect, lays an egg on it, and the larvae feeds off of the still living insect, which is stunned and unable to get away ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa ...

Carpenter bees have shiny, hairless abdomens, while bumblebees are entirely fuzzy. Eastern cicada killers are large, intimidating wasps often mistaken for “murder hornets” (Asian giant hornets), but ...