During the Fall months, cool and dry conditions prompt visits to local pumpkin patches, corn mazes, festivals, and football games. However, the Fall months are when flying insects like hornets and ...

Ouch! Have you taken a walk outside and gotten a surprise sting from an unfriendly flying critter? From Yellow Jackets to Mud Daubers, these pesky insects can’t go unnoticed, no matter if you’re ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the thought of the giant stinger they wield. But what about their size? Compared ...

It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

It seems like 2019 was so long ago, but that is when the Asian giant hornets dominated the news (at least for a little while). In case you needed reminding, these were the huge, scary hornets that ...