Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern ...

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 ...

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 ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri's yearly visitors will soon dig their way out of the ground throughout the state, along with their killer counterparts. Annual cicadas have already begun their reemergence and ...

KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — Move over, cicadas; there’s a new pest in town, and it’s a cold-blooded killer. The giant Sphecius speciosus, commonly known as the cicada killer wasp, packs a paralyzing sting, ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the thought of the giant stinger they wield. But what about their size? Compared ...

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 ...

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 ...