When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada killer ...

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, ...

Sep. 30—State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

Oklahomans who enjoy the sound of cicadas in the hot summer time may want to keep an eye out for the cicada killer wasps that may be buzzing around. They’re a lot bigger than an average wasp and even ...

Cicadas won't be the only insects emerging during the summer months. When Brood XIX emerges in Tennessee mid-May, they'll face a unique, venomous predator — killer cicada wasps. The wasps, which can ...

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 ...

I’ve had a number of calls about very large wasps that people have seen around their homes lately. Chances are good it’s a cicada killer. In fact, there’s a nest of one under the steps of my own home ...

State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

NEW YORK — There is an eerie single-mindedness in the way cicada killers fly. Perhaps it is just insect swagger, or it might be the narrow preoccupation with the task at hand, common to many insects ...

A type of killer wasp has moved into the Chicago area, but they're not after humans. In fact, nature lovers want to put the word out: don't swat the wasp called the "cicada killer." "They're called ...

Cicada killers are solitary wasps. This wasp gets its name from hunting cicadas to supply its young with a food source. The female digs a 6- to 10-inch-deep burrow that is ½-inch wide in the ground.

“I found some large holes in between the bricks in my driveway, along with some little piles of sand by the holes. I was wondering what insect might be making them, as I do not see any ants in the ...