Tarantula hawk wasps are solitary insects known for their large size and intensely painful stings. The wasp gets its name from its reproductive cycle, where a female paralyzes a tarantula to serve as ...

These stinging insects have very different behaviors.

Mud daubers are solitary and docile wasps that feed on spiders. We’ve done in-depth research to tell you all you need to know about them.

It's summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea—and wasps. This is a worker wasp. She is looking for food to feed to her sibling larvae in her mother's papery looking nest. Is she ...

If your yard is being plagued by wasps, and you want to avoid chemicals, this easy DIY trap requires just three simple ...

Wasps are some of the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, but you definitely do not want to harass them. Although the ubiquitous insects are quite pretty — northern paper wasps, for example, ...

Predatory wasps are hijacking shelters built by tropical trees for their ant defenders, potentially disrupting an ancient ...

Wasps have a reputation for being jerks because of their perceived aggressiveness and ability to sting repeatedly. They're often negatively compared with the honey production and agricultural ...

Scientists have identified two new species of large Australian stick insects, including one that lays extraordinary “lidded” eggs never before recorded in the group. The discovery also revealed that a ...