While seen nationwide, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York are most likely to encounter the pests ...

Many people in Oklahoma are experiencing wasps in their garage, storage sheds and houses. What is going on with these insects ...

Carbohydrate metabolism influences the outcome of host-parasite relationships. This study shows that insect short ...

Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...

An unexpected discovery by an 8-year-old boy in his backyard has rewritten part of the ecological textbook, revealing a ...

It is asp season in Texas. When this fuzzy caterpillar rubs or is pressed against the skin, venomous hairs stick into the ...

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 ...

Mud daubers get their name from their habit of using mud to build their nests, while most wasp species use wood pulp for nest ...

The unusual life cycle of ants reflects their social behavior, with some individuals foregoing reproduction to tend to the ...

Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the ...

Here is a look at five bird species that build some of the world’s most unusual nests, ranging from clay ovens to woven ...