Yellow jackets and paper wasps are incredibly similar wasps, and it’s difficult for the average person to tell them apart. They’re both yellow and black with thin bodies, slender wings ...

THE communities of the paper wasp, like those of other social inseets of the family, consist of three kinds of individuals—males, females and workers. The colonies only exist for a single season ...

"Wasps probably gave us the idea for paper," he says. They chew up wood and build the most exquisite papier-mâché structures. Even your classic autumn annoyance, Vespula vulgaris, is an ...

Wasps pose significant dangers, as even a single wasp or a large group can inflict harm or even be fatal to sensitive ...