While it’s exciting that temperatures are beginning to climb and we’re inching toward warmer weather, the spring and summer seasons approaching also signals the natural increase of active insects. One ...

Unfortunately, wasps love spending time near pools, and they can be difficult to get rid of unless you're well-informed. Below, pest control experts speak to the reasoning as to why wasps are ...

If you're seeing more than a few wasps near your house, here's how to get rid of them and keep them away. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Whether you're mowing the lawn or hosting a cookout, the last ...

Plus, how to identify ground wasp nests and prevent future infestations. Ground wasps often build hidden nests in sunny, dry areas. Natural remedies like diatomaceous earth and homemade vinegar traps ...

Summertime has all sorts of benefits. Wasps aren’t one of them. Difficult and dangerous to deal with every summer, wasps can find corners and crevices in nearly any location to build nests. And with ...

Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and mind their own business as they pollinate plants and prey on unwelcome garden pests, such as caterpillars. But social wasps, which live in a colony with a ...

Question: What can I do to prevent wasps from making nests around my home? I don't like using chemicals, but we had to spray their nests multiple times last year to finally get rid of them. Answer: ...

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Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...

Whether you're mowing the lawn or hosting a cookout, the last thing you want to worry about is stinging insects such as wasps. But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.