Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

Swarms of parasitic wasps will descend upon Kona coffee farms this spring as a long-gestating plan to control an invasive ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard's F-16s before them.

In a state that ranked second in the nation for women killed by men in 2020, a local nonprofit is equipping women with critical tools to protect themselves, build confidence, and make a difference.

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

Generously defined, Wasps constitute about 55% of the U.S. population, and they have in common what Columnist Russell Baker calls a “case of majority inferiority.” A Quiet Retreat Sometimes ...

Unfortunately, that's the yellow jacket, an aggressive social wasp that can sting multiple times. Yellow jacket is the common name of several species that typically build nests in cavities rather ...

Wasps commonly nest in a wide variety of sites ... Bumble bees There are many different bumble bee species common in the Midwest. Most bumble bees (Bombus spp.) have the following characteristics: ...

A Utah lawmaker wants to change the common scientific name of the Mormon cricket, citing the LDS Church's stance against ...

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