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, ...

About this time each year, people across the United States encounter very large, reddish-colored wasps flying about their yards, parks, playgrounds, open fields and even woodlands. These wasps most ...

MOSCOW, ID. — If you thought you’ve been seeing northern giant hornets in Idaho, you thought wrong. Researchers from the University of Idaho responded to reports of giant hornets, which are known for ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — When murder hornet sightings in Washington hit the headlines in May 2020, many people were concerned about the invasive species making its way to North Idaho. However, University of ...

Sep. 30—State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

State officials have been bugged lately by people who have mistaken a large, orange insect they have encountered for another creature with a nefarious reputation. Danielle Evans, horticulture ...

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 ...

It’s late summer and signs of the season are emerging. Right on schedule, this year’s crop of annual cicadas are making their appearance, and the distinctive "song of the locust" has begun filling the ...

They are the stuff of nightmares — huge, creepy, crawling (and flying) bugs — and this is the time of year when you’ll find them in large numbers. But don’t worry, these critters are (basically) ...

HOUSTON — Large wasps spotted around Montgomery County recently are making people nervous, but experts say there's no need to worry -- they're not murder hornets. The Montgomery County Texas A&M ...