With cicada populations singing in trees we should start noticing hordes of large wasps flying around. These are primarily the eastern cicada killer, which is actually considered a beneficial insect ...

Cicada killers look like something that should be on a movie poster. They’re huge wasps, often over an inch long, with yellow and black markings and reddish wings. They live in North America and dig ...

Join the UT Arboretum Society via Zoom on Thursday, October 9, 7 p.m., as Michelle Campanis and Stephen Bales present a Halloween program to celebrate the things that “go bump in the night” with a ...

I’ve tried every known remedy to eliminate what I was sure were hornets (more on that in a bit) in my backyard, but after two summers of battling them, I’m ready to concede: They have won the war. The ...

Did you notice a few unwelcome guests trying to steal a sip from your soda can at your Labor Day picnics last weekend? In late August/early September, bees and wasps are highly visible, more ...

With the season’s heat upon us, you may have noticed many buzzing insects flying around your flowers. Some are big and intimidating, while others are tiny. No matter the size, they buzz around, ...

Big and scary looking, but is managing wasps necessary? Identifying the large insects is the key. During the summer, Scolia wasps, cicada killers, and velvet ants are among the wasps in lawns. These ...

As I was sitting in the garden the other day, I noticed a huge insect flying just above the ground. When it got closer, I recognized it as the greatly beneficial cicada killer, which is always welcome ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

As I was sitting in the garden the other day, I noticed a huge insect flying just above the ground. When it got closer, I recognized it as the greatly beneficial cicada killer, which is always welcome ...

(Undated) — University of Missouri Extension Entomologist Emily Althoff says that buzzing you hear coming from trees means it’s cicada season. She says the emergence of the annual cicada also marks ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A man was arrested after allegedly beating his grandfather with golf clubs and spraying wasp killer into his wounds. Joshua Ragan, 38, faces several charges, ...