When dealing with the beginning of pest season, it can be tempting to whip out the white vinegar and start spraying down everything that flies your way – especially when it comes to stinging insects ...

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 ...

Cicada killer wasps are swarming the Carolinas, NBC Charlotte and pest control experts say. The intimidating insects range in size between one and a fourth inch and two inches, and experts say there's ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

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 ...