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.

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.

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 ...

sweetness. The best way to determine if you’re dealing with yellowjackets, cicada killers, or other ground wasps is to watch suspected holes from a safe distance to see if any wasps emerge.

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.

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 ...

Large yellow and black wasps almost the size of a human thumb will soon be flying around the late Kentucky summer, hunting for cicadas. The cicada killer wasp is often mistaken for the so-called ...

Note the lack of a dirt mound around the hole, like you’d find with ant hills. In wetter soil conditions, they may build “cicada chimneys” as a way to keep water from back-filling their holes.

BLUE ASH, Ohio (Gray News) - A driver crashed after a cicada flew into their car, startling them and causing them to veer off the road and into a pole, according to police.

The cicada in question — who got away before he or she could be taken in to account for the reckless endangerment — caused a car crash after flying in through the unsuspecting victim’s window.