Environmental adventures can await just outside your own door. My wife and I recently had a spectacular wildlife encounter on our front porch. Hanging from the ceiling was the longest wasp found in ...

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 ...

While walking my dog over the weekend I found this marvelous creature. It is a Giant Ichneumon Wasp, Megarhyssa atrata. The wasp is 3/4" long, but if you look carefully you can see the 4" ovipositor.