Paper wasps are around 1-inch long with long legs and can range in color, from reddish-orange to black, sometimes with yellow highlights. Their nests are typically umbrella-shaped and have fewer ...

As a curator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Bees and Wasps of Texas Project on iNaturalist.org, Paul interacts with folks submitting pictures for identification. Some are very ...

Hornets are wasps, but not every wasp is a hornet. They do have a few distinctive behaviors, like building large, cone- or egg-shaped nests. ... from greens to yellow, blue and black, ...

European paper wasps are black, brown or dark red and sometimes have yellow markings, so are frequently mistaken for yellow jackets. Paper wasp nests are shaped like upside down umbrellas, with ...

There's a reason the age-old expression "Stepping into a hornet's nest" carries such strong connotation. "It's the fear of being stung that leaves so many people associating this group of insects ...

Dear readers, I stand corrected. Apparently the winged warriors I wrote about two weeks ago are not bees; they’re yellow jackets. At least that’s what several people have told me, based on the ...

He said yellow jackets and wasps are protein hunters and can smell what you might be grilling about 200 yards away. "If you're trying to enjoy a hamburger and there's a yellow jacket nest close ...