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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They're big, ugly and bug murderers. A cicada-killing wasp, found here in North Carolina, was captured on video preparing its next meal after murdering its prey. Cicadas dominated ...

DALLAS — A few months ago, Americans learned that murder hornets had made their way to our country from Japan. The story went viral as people worried about an invasion that could decimate an ...

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 sounding their ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — If you’re going to be outside this weekend, keep an eye out for stingers in the sky. Parts of KELOLAND have seen an increase in wasp activity. But not all wasps are built ...

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 ...