Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

This past summer, a colony of bald-faced wasps took up residence right next to my garage door. Because I know how beneficial wasps are, I decided to leave it alone. Sure, we couldn’t use that ...

The study authors first tested whether oriental hornets can get intoxicated with alcohol. So for an entire week, or nearly 10 ...

A new study has finally revealed this secret. It turned out that male spiders use olfactory hairs called pore wall sensillae ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...

Big Island coffee farmers could once again get thousands of dollars in state funds to pay for pesticides to combat a pair of ...

The only thing is that killer bees are still in Texas, and a few other states and are still dangerous due to their aggressive nature. Killer bees are more likely to attack in large numbers than your ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Besides enduring weeks of the 17-year cicada brood cacophony in 2024, we also dealt with the itch mite invasion that followed ...

Researchers at Montana State University studied the threat and identified several counties across the Northwest at risk of ...

Discover the hidden dangers of common bug bites, expert-approved treatment methods, and warning signs that mean you should ...