However, upon closer inspection, the so-called “Black Hornet” reveals itself to be an entirely different species. With a ...

The Northern giant hornet is the world's largest known hornet measuring 1.5–2 inches in length. It has a head as wide as its shoulders, where the wings and legs are located, or wider, and it is ...

Yellowjackets are shiny yellow and black wasps about 1/2 to 5/8 inches long. They are about the size of a honey bee, but more slender, shiny, and nearly hairless. These wasps can form underground ...

Meet the northern giant hornet. That’s what the Entomological Society of America, or ESA, announced July 25 as the preferred plain-English common name for the big, orange-and-black Vespa mandarinia.

As my border collie Idgie and I head out for a walk every day, numerous large black wasps swoop in and out among the flowers lining the driveway. Their blue iridescent wings shine in the sunlight ...