An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Instead, the researchers propose that the wasps’ ultra-black is related to protection from predators. Velvet ants are already known as “indestructible insects” because of their painful ...

Njonjo wrote me an email and wanted to know if production of the larvae was a viable undertaking and to get more information on the insect. The fly resembles a skinny black wasp. The adult fly ...

Dubbed “a gall wasp gladiator” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Eurytoma wasp, a black, 2-millimeter long wasp, was collected from Tanzania, “rigorously” tested and released ...

When we think of wasps we tend to imagine a yellow and black striped insect with a painful sting, but wasps are actually one of the most diverse groups of animals on earth. Minute wasps called ...

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 ...

There are over 7,000 species of wasp living in the UK, comprising a huge variety of solitary and social species. The majority are parasitoids, which have young that eat insects or spiders alive. But ...

Parasitoid wasps, belonging to the family Hymenoptera, deprive their insect and spider hosts of nutrition. These wasps represent approximately 20% of the 1 million insect species on Earth, making them ...

I received a text the other day from my neighbor about a killer in our neighborhood. Immediately I was on alert and wanted to know more. After all, it’s not every day that a killer is ...

Njonjo wrote me an email and wanted to know if production of the larvae was a viable undertaking and to get more information on the insect. The fly resembles a skinny black wasp. The adult fly ...