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

Male cicada killers don’t sting, and, unlike Asian giant hornets, female cicada killers avoid people and rarely deploy their stingers. You’d actually have to handle them to ever be in danger ...

The giant wasp, known as a cicada killer, can be nearly as large as an Asian giant hornet. On Wednesday, WSDA tweeted a labeled photo of the two insects side by side. The Asian giant hornet is 1.5 ...

The mistaken insect is actually a cicada killer wasp — a large orange and black insect that does have some resemblance to the Asian giant hornet but is a beneficial insect and generally not ...

While the cicada killer wasps may be big and imposing, researchers at the University of Kentucky said they typically will not harm people unless they bother them. The insects are called cicada killer ...

When the invasive giant Asian hornet was first clocked ... Eastern cicada killers, also known as giant cicada killers, are a family of large wasps roughly 1-1.5 inches long with clear, brownish ...

But TAMU experts say they're probably seeing eastern cicada killers ... every summer since the first murder hornets, also known as northern giant or Asian giant hornets, were spotted in Washington ...

Large wasps with a fearsome name are about to make their annual appearance in Kentucky. Ric Bessin is an extension ...

When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada ...

They can sometimes be confused with Japanese hornets or African bees ... Just like the cicadas, cicada killer wasps die as summer wanes. “You may see these wasps while you’re outside this ...

If the Asian giant hornet were to swarm Texas ... brownish-wings and black-and-yellow patterns similar to most wasps. Cicada killers crop up in Texas around June, when their prey, cicadas ...