It's never fun to find a ground wasp nest in your backyard. These pests get angry and territorial when their nest is threatened, and merely walking near the hive can be interpreted as an assault. This ...

Plus, how to identify ground wasp nests and prevent future infestations. Kirsten DeSantis/Getty Images If you’ve ever been stung by a wasp, you know it’s unpleasant. Although ground wasps may be less ...

Ground wasps often build hidden nests in sunny, dry areas. Natural remedies like diatomaceous earth and homemade vinegar traps can effectively reduce wasp populations with minimal risk. Keeping your ...

Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and mind their own business as they pollinate plants and prey on unwelcome garden pests, such as caterpillars. But social wasps, which live in a colony with a ...

The Wissahickon Valley Park is home to all kinds of creatures – coyotes, brown snakes, salamanders, star-nosed moles, toads, deer. And apparently ground wasps. Friends of the Wissahickon, the park’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before a ground wasp leaves its burrow to forage, it takes to the air to perform a peculiar ...

Q:What are those black wasp-like things I see buzzing around close to the ground and do they sting? A: They are spider wasps (family pompilidae). Spider wasps fly low near the ground to hunt spiders.

A keyhole wasp can block up an airplane's external sensor in as little as 30 minutes. House et al (2020) PLOS ONE, CC BY New research conducted at Brisbane airport shows how the invasive keyhole wasp ...