I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...

Of the over 4,000 known species of wasps in California, two are known as mud daubers: Sceliphron caementarium (black and yellow mud dauber) and Chalybion californicum (blue mud dauber). Mud daubers ...

Many people tend to run when they see a wasp and avoid an area if they see one of their nests overhead. However, did you know there is a special species of wasps that also build their nests out of mud ...

David and I live in a farming area that includes preserved fields and wooded hillsides. Both of us are outside as much as possible, but we like different things in nature. I like plants and birds, ...

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When I started my cleanup this spring, I was greeted by a persistent low buzzing sound. Having had a problem last year with her mother or her aunt, I was cautious from the start. Last year, a wasp ...

Experimental duo Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt) have announced their 14th album, Return To Archive, which will be out digitally on November 3 via Smithsonian Folkways with a physical release in ...