When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada ...

Cicada killers are intimidating because they’re much larger than the average wasp, but they aren’t as dangerous as they may look. Here’s what you need to know about cicada killer wasps ...

Solitary wasps, such as mud daubers and cicada killer wasps, are rarely a problem ... when most of the wasps have entered the nest and spray it with insecticides formulated for wasps and hornets.

For the cicada, that’s one lousy circle. For the wasp — the eastern cicada killer, a 2-inch-long creature with black and yellow stripes and the tongue-twisting Latin name Sphecius speciosus ...

The female locates and stings a large insect such as a cicada or katydid and then brings it back to the burrow. She places the insect into a chamber and lays an egg on it; sometim ...