A long, dry summer has led to “extremely high” numbers of wasps around the country – and Kiwis are being warned not to attack ...

“Wasp population dynamics tend to be cyclical, so a low year is followed by a high year – and this year the stars have ...

“January to February is the best time to kill the colony, but it’s not too late to poison wasp nests.” While working at Landcare Research, Beggs helped develop Vespex, a toxic bait that ...

When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which can be found in the eastern and western United States, prey on ...

Vespex poses no threat to honeybees, because it uses animal protein to lure wasps – and bees don’t eat animal protein. Bait stations are used to make the fipronil poison safe for other species.

We are starting to see the most impressive wasp found in Ohio. Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus) are large, solitary wasps. The cicada killer is one of the largest wasps in North America.

A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

Kerala has long grappled with wild animal attacks, but now wasps and bees are also claiming lives. According to experts, wasp and bee sting can cause death due to an anaphylactic reaction, a ...