It can be difficult to tell the difference between black-and-yellow striped wasps in your yard — especially when getting close to them might mean a painful altercation. For that reason, you might want ...

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Yellowjackets are more than a nuisance, they account for at least 90 percent of “bee stings.” European paper wasps, are beneficial predators of caterpillars ...

Although they’re both “wasps,” there are some significant differences between yellow jackets (Vespula sp.) and paper wasps (Polistes sp.) — even though we non-entomologist folks often may confuse the ...

Ouch! Those intimately acquainted with the sting of Alabama's notorious red wasp know that they never want to encounter another. And who can blame them? Knowledge is power, so get to know this flying ...

It's fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting cooler and... are the insects really bad? If you've noticed an uptick in activity and general annoyance from insects of a stinging variety – ...

On a recent walk on Gustavus’ nagoonberry trail, the larger forms of wildlife were absent or in hiding. But my naturalist friend and I spotted a wasp clinging to one of the last goldenrod ...