Jul. 16—It's summer. That means, to paraphrase Donovan in a way he wouldn't appreciate, it must be the Season of the Wasp. But before I go further, I'm adding a content warning, at the request of Keri ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, a listener on “team wasp” writes in with some interesting info on USDA wasps for pesticide-free pest control and we learn about some wasp versus beetle drama.

A defenseless insect can gain protection from predators if it evolves to resemble a well-defended species. This evolved similarity is called mimicry, and most familiar are examples of edible ...

Kristine Grayson is an associate professor of biology at the University of Richmond. This story was originally featured on The Conversation. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a ...

On the last day of July, there was a different kind of drama at a baseball field in Rutland Town. A mother wasp flew low over the infield, weighed down with a beetle that she planned to feed to her ...

Officials are proposing the release of a parasitoid wasp from Africa to assist in the fight against the invasive coffee berry borer. The coffee berry borer (CBB) is the most destructive insect pest of ...

OAKDALE, Minn. – State researchers have a new ally in the battle against the emerald ash borer. It's a wasp called the Cerceris fumipennis – otherwise known as the smoky winged beetle bandit. And ...

HOPKINTON, R.I. (WPRI) — As invasive tree-killing beetles continue to overspread the state, scientists from the University of Rhode Island (URI) are now fighting back. Emerald Ash Borer (photo ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In an effort to combat a beetle endangering a species of tree found throughout New York City, the city Parks Department is releasing parasitoid (or stingless) wasps in ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee are investigating whether parasitic wasps can be used to kill the emerald ash borer, a beetle that is threatening millions of trees ...

If beetles seem to be everywhere, that’s because they are. Some beetles stand out because they’re colorful. Think about jewel beetles and ladybugs. Others play useful and weird roles in the ecosystem ...