It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

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 ...

“I found some large holes in between the bricks in my driveway, along with some little piles of sand by the holes. I was wondering what insect might be making them, as I do not see any ants in the ...

In a case of mistaken identity, the Washington State Department of Agriculture said it is receiving many reports of a giant wasp that looks similar to an Asian giant hornet. The giant wasp, known as a ...

When cicadas begin to emerge in late June, they're sure to be followed by one of their most prominent predators: the cicada killer. Cicada killers are large wasps, according to Texas A&M University's ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer is cicada season. That means it’s also the season for the giant bug’s predator: the cicada killer wasp. But the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the ...

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 ...

Last week I wrote about the females of an enormous wasp native to the United States. Known as cicada killers, these wasps do not live in nests; instead, each female deposits her eggs in the ground on ...

NEW YORK — There is an eerie single-mindedness in the way cicada killers fly. Perhaps it is just insect swagger, or it might be the narrow preoccupation with the task at hand, common to many insects ...

Cicada killers are solitary wasps. This wasp gets its name from hunting cicadas to supply its young with a food source. The female digs a 6- to 10-inch-deep burrow that is ½-inch wide in the ground.