If a wasp does sting you, Texas Parks and Wildlife suggests the following: Remove the stinger. Washing sting with soap and ...

The females do not have wings. An eastern variety, called a cow killer, looks like an enormous, bright red ant. It walks around during the day in search of ground-nesting bees and wasps and lays ...

Beccy is a custom content producer who holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Vicki Hird, a strategic agriculture lead for The Wildlife Trusts, described hoverflies as the "hidden heroes of our gardens and countrysides." She emphasised that regardless of their "shape, size, or ...

"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." A S ... because the ancient wasps have a pattern of veins in their hind wings that is unique.

Less well known is that the velvet ant is not actually an ant at all—it is a type of wingless parasitic wasp. The insect's venom has been found to be painful to a host of creatures, ranging from ...