AZ Animals on MSN

These giant wasps can grow up to 4 inches long

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the ...
Newsweek

‘Superwasp’ Threatens America’s Forests With Females Capable of Producing 1,000 Offspring

A superwasp able to produce 1,000 offspring is threatening vast forests in North America, a new study has revealed. The Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) lays its eggs on pine trees in a mucus and a ...
Traverse City Record-Eagle

Wood wasp a threat, can kill up to 80 percent of trees it infects

LANSING Michigan foresters are bracing for an invasion of tree-killing wasps. Roger Mech, a forest health specialist with the Department of Natural Resources, said his department has tracked the ...
University of Wyoming

UW’s Shaw Co-Editor of New Book About Beneficial Wasps

Scott Shaw, a University of Wyoming entomology professor, recently contributed to a comprehensive new book on Darwin wasps, ...
Morning Overview on MSN

This nightmare wasp is so creepy it’s freaking out scientists

Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...
Discover Wildlife

This whopping, record-breaking wasp's nest was 7 metres long – that's bigger than a Cadillac – and found inside a house

Next time you’re thinking about buying a car, picture this. In 1963, a wasp nest was discovered on a farm in Waimauku, New ...
Yahoo

How To Keep Wasps Away From Your Home

Wasps are beneficial as pollinators and pest controls, but a nest near your house can cause problems. Not all wasps are aggressive, but they will sting to protect their nests or if they feel ...