It's pretty unavoidable that your yard is going to be home to all sorts of insects. While many of these can be helpful additions to your space (like ladybugs or praying mantis), some are going to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow jacket wasps around nest - Judy_dautovich-ralf_hunsinger/Getty Images It's never fun to find a ground wasp nest in your ...

After the rush of the spring nesting season, things tend to slow down a bit in the natural world. Sure, some birds such as Cedar Waxwings and American Goldfinch are just getting started in their ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On warm days through early fall, you can find two large species of “digger” wasps flitting about late-blooming flowers. Like many wasps, these species ...

Several homeowners and gardeners have contacted the extension office concerning wasps burrowing into the ground around their home or in their garden. One commonly seen ground nesting wasp in our area ...

Paper wasps build their nests out of a material they create by chewing wood fiber. Credit: Courtesy of Griffin Dill When you think of wasps, your first thoughts may well be of hostile, stinging ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Of the more than 100,000 types of wasps in the world, only some species build nests in the ground. These are known as ground wasps, and they ...

Photo courtesy of CAES NewsUniversity of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts suggest thinking twice before spraying pesticides to control ground-nesting bees. Bumblebees and other native bees are ...

Digger wasps are continuing to multiply in numbers in the Lowcountry. At Possum’s, we used to get a few complaints in localized areas; now the numbers seem to be on the rise. One faithful reader of ...

Those wasps you hate? They’re the best organic pest control around. Here’s how to keep them happy (and avoid getting stung). By Margaret Roach Attention, spheksophobes: Wasps just want to help. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wasps are often perceived as pests that have no benefit to your garden. There are some surprising benefits to having wasps in your ...