Your first line of defense against ground wasps should be natural remedies. Diatomaceous earth (DE) is a natural, powdery ...

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

Brookhaven National Lab has received some noisy guests this summer—a brood of cicadas that have been incubating for the last ...

The cicada killer versus the murder hornet. It sounds like the title of a new Marvel superhero movie. It’s actually a public service announcement, brought to you by bug experts at the University ...

Cicada killer wasps are not harmful to humans. Unlike yellowjackets, cicada killers prefer to go it alone. They don’t live in large nests, which gives them little to defend, Larson said.

They’re solitary. Other wasps often live in large colonies, but cicada killers keep to themselves -- one nest, one wasp. They do, however, live near each other.

Periodical cicadas, on the other hand, are gone by the time cicada killer wasps come out. Pretty much everything from birds to deer to chipmunks eat periodical cicadas, Kritsky said.

In the US, cicada-killer season typically runs until September. Experts say Eastern cicada killers are not dangerous to humans. Stings — rare and minor as they are — only come from the females.

I have found some holes dug between the bricks in my driveway. There are little piles of sand by the holes, and I was wondering what insect might be making them; I do not see any ants in the ...

Cicada killer wasps will be happy as a bunny in a salad bar, given the huge menu out there this summer! The holes in which they bury the cicadas they kill are dug in looser soil, and we won’t ...