Bees, wasps, and hornets have found unique ways to survive in habitats all around the world.Mud daubers are a type of wasp that has developed a particularly interesting nesting behavior — they ...

Around 225,000 emergency room visits and 100 deaths per year are due to wasp stings. When wasps feel their nest is threatened, they can coordinate a defensive attack. Most stinging wasps can sting ...

How to tell an ensign wasp from a mud dauber By Shepard Price , San Antonio Express News Updated July 18, 2022 11:35 a.m. Different black insects are found this time of year in Texas.

Cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) In Australia, the cuckoo wasp comes in a variety of bright metallic blues and greens. Classed as a parasitoid, like many wasps, it lays eggs in the nests of mud-dauber wasps.

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult fruit flies – the first of its kind ever documented. Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the ...

The blue mud-dauber is a scary looking but gentle wasp that helps control the spider population. Skip to main content Skip to main content. You have permission to edit this ...

Syntretus perlmani lays its eggs in the bodies of living, adult fruit flies instead of larvae or pupae. The wasp larvae then burst out of the fly’s abdomen, killing it.