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 killer ...

It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

Sep. 30—State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

Cicadas won't be the only insects emerging during the summer months. When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which can ...

Cicada killer wasp with adult cicada. Late July is generally the month when insects and other pests flourish in our landscapes. Some have expressed concern about giant “hornets” buzzing them and ...

Texas is among the hottest states in America. And where there’s heat, there’s insects. Wasps are no exception. If you’ve ever ...

I’ve had a number of calls about very large wasps that people have seen around their homes lately. Chances are good it’s a cicada killer. In fact, there’s a nest of one under the steps of my own home ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer is cicada season. That means it’s also the season for the giant bug’s predator: the cicada killer wasp. But the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the ...

NEW YORK — There is an eerie single-mindedness in the way cicada killers fly. Perhaps it is just insect swagger, or it might be the narrow preoccupation with the task at hand, common to many insects ...

State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

Cicada killer wasps are swarming the Carolinas, NBC Charlotte and pest control experts say. The intimidating insects range in size between one and a fourth inch and two inches, and experts say there's ...

“I have found some large holes in between the bricks in my patio, along with some little piles of sand by the holes. I am not seeing any ants and wonder if I should apply some control measures? I have ...