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While at first glance these flying insects (hoverfly, sweat bee and yellow jacket) may look alike, there are easy ways to determine which is flying past your face.
What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here's what to know about these pesky summer insects.
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, and similar ...
Q: Last fall, we discovered two or three yellow jackets a day coming into the primary bedroom of our Maryland home around the window frames. Outside, we saw the wasps flying in and out of a corner ...
In addition, if the severe weather killed a yellow jacket queen, the rest of her colony might be flying around aimlessly.
Yellow jackets — properly known as Vespula, Dolichovespula, or Paravespula — are thin wasps with black and yellow coloring and long dark wings. Here you can learn how to treat their stings and ...
These pests are very aggressive during the spring and summer. But, they tend to be really angry and aggressive during the later summer months and into the fall. So, why is that?
Yellowjacket summer surge: Why you're seeing more wasps this season While yellowjackets and other wasps typically come around this time of year, entomologists say they've been seeing more reports ...
Yellow jackets are out in full force right now. If you think you've been seeing more of them than usual, you're not alone.
Here's how damage from Helene is causing an increase in activity among yellow jackets, mosquitos and other pest insects in WNC.