Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and mind their own business as they pollinate plants and prey on unwelcome garden pests, such as caterpillars. But social wasps, which live in a colony with a ...

Photo courtesy of CAES NewsUniversity of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts suggest thinking twice before spraying pesticides to control ground-nesting bees. Bumblebees and other native bees are ...

August and September are prime times to see wasp nests in and around homes. What you do about any nest you find will depend on where you find it. Wasps are common during late summer. Are there any ...

Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...

Albany residents are being urged to keep an eye out for European wasps after a large nest was removed last week from Mira Mar area thanks to the ...

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