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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They’re big. They buzz. Lately, these little flying critters spotted all over Albuquerque. We’re talking about Cicada Killer Wasps. Yes, that’s their real name — and if you’ve seen ...

Cicadas won't be the only insects emerging during the summer months. When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which can ...

There's no question that Illinois will be swarmed with cicadas this spring and summer, thanks to a rare, double emergence of two periodical cicada broods at once -- in addition to the annual dog-day ...

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 ...

Your description sounds like there may be cicada killer wasps nesting in your driveway. I have them in my driveway at home and enjoy watching them. They can be considered a beneficial insect that ...

This pair of cicada killer wasps may be large and look menacing. But they hunt cicadas, are not aggressive toward humans and pose no threat to the public. Trish Weaver naturalsciences.org About this ...

For many Americans, the cicadas are here. Trillions of periodical cicadas are already emerging in a rare, two brood event across multiple states, with more expected to come in the following weeks.

When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada killer ...