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Though it’s only April, don’t be surprised if you have already seen a wasp or two. Are you starting to notice large reddish-brown insects with wings? This is most likely the Paper Wasp ...
She climbed up the window, buzzing. From my side eye, I guessed she was a paper wasp. My heart raced. What ought I do? I imagined her launching into attack if I rolled down the window, picturing ...
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years ... to capture and immobilize their prey, according to a paper published Wednesday in BMC Biology. MORE: Dozens of dinosaur ...
Paper wasp nests take on a honeycomb structure and ... a specific pheromone that prompts other wasps in the colony to attack and sting the perpetrator. Wasp stings can be painful and even deadly ...
If you’re battling a plague of wasps right now, you’re not alone, says University of Auckland Professor Jacqueline Beggs. "New Zealand has the highest recorded densities of common and German ...