The insects we most commonly identify as "wasps ... take over the work required by the developing colony. Getty Images Social wasps make nests from wood fibres mixed with water, to create a ...

It’s hard to think of a less popular insect than the yellowjacket, maligned because they can sting. First, I should be clear that “yellowjacket” is an imprecise, generic common name that conceals a ...

Scroll through our magnified specimen images and discover the miniature ... When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae devour the host insect alive, until they're ready to turn into adult wasps and leave.

Phil Warburton didn't recognise the unusual looking wasp that flittered into his ... of photographers taking the first ever images of live insects was becoming surprisingly commonplace because ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

The Coccus hesperidum scale insects, according to ... ecological expertise and the wasps have given the buntings a much-needed lifeline.” PA Images/Getty A South Atlantic island (stock image ...