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, ...

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 ...

It’s late summer and signs of the season are emerging. Right on schedule, this year’s crop of annual cicadas are making their appearance, and the distinctive "song of the locust" has begun filling the ...

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 ...

But not all opinions are quite so negative. Take the giant cicada killer wasp, for example. As far as this six-legged predator is concerned, the cicada’s noisy rattling is the sweetest sound on earth.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They're big, ugly and bug murderers. A cicada-killing wasp, found here in North Carolina, was captured on video preparing its next meal after murdering its prey. Cicadas dominated ...

That extended, high-pitched singing isn’t the only sound signaling the annual emergence of cicadas this summer. Jody Green’s phone has been ringing off the hook lately, too. The urban insect expert ...

They are the stuff of nightmares — huge, creepy, crawling (and flying) bugs — and this is the time of year when you’ll find them in large numbers. But don’t worry, these critters are (basically) ...

As I was sitting in the garden the other day, I noticed a huge insect flying just above the ground. When it got closer, I recognized it as the greatly beneficial cicada killer, which is always welcome ...

Although Texans in Montgomery County have been buzzing with fear over supposed sightings of “murder hornets,” experts are telling them there’s no need to prepare for Armageddon. Texans shouldn’t worry ...