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 ...

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

Green’s job is to educate people about insects, and this is what she wants you to know about cicada killer wasps: Yes, they are frightening. They’re Nebraska’s biggest wasp; females can grow ...

Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) are the largest social wasp in the world and have been given the dramatic name of ...

It spells out the differences between the Asian giant hornet — that’s the “murder” one — and two species of native cicada killer wasps. Based on the pamphlet’s startling diagram ...

In reality they are just more buzz than sting. Cicada killer wasps have a frightening name, but that is about all. These wasps are by far the largest wasp species in Nebraska, up to two inches long.

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

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 ...

An Asian hornet - believed to have arrived in France on a shipment from China in 2004 - can consume 50 honey bees a day with a swarm able to kill off a ... in appearance to wasps and other hornets ...