and provide some baseline data for an annual Big Wasp Survey over the coming years. As Dr Seirian Sumner (UCL) says: "The black and yellow wasps that bother us at picnics are social wasps and we ...

Asian giant hornets' stings are especially ... Cicada killers are large, solitary wasps with black bodies, yellow markings and reddish wings, making them both impressive and intimidating in ...

Four southern giant hornets have turned up in Spain. Similar stingers, known for honeybee attacks, had the Pacific Northwest on edge a few years ago.

When we think of wasps we tend to imagine a yellow and black striped insect with a painful sting, but wasps are actually one of the most diverse groups of animals on earth. Minute wasps called ...