It’s hard to think of a less popular insect than the yellowjacket, maligned because they can sting. First, I should be clear that “yellowjacket” is an imprecise, generic common name that conceals a ...

When it comes to stinging insects, wasps are some of the most feared creatures out there. Unlike honeybees, which can only sting once, most wasps can sting multiple times, injecting painful venom with ...

Britain’s largest social wasp, Vespa crabo is an impressive beast ... Despite its fearsome reputation, the European hornet is much less aggressive than common and German wasps. It makes paper nests in ...

The Yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, also known as the Asian ... particularly native European hornets or other large flying insects that mimic wasps. The Asian Hornet Watch app contains ...

European Hornet (Vespa crabro) The European hornet , the largest wasp species native to Europe, is recognizable by its reddish-brown head and thorax, with a black and yellow striped abdomen.

Hornets fall into the social subgroup. Unlike other social species of wasps, the European hornet is actually more active at night, which is when they will be foraging and flying around the area ...

To distill the secret behind this metabolic mastery, study co-author and zoologist Dorothée Huchon led a hunt for genetic ...

Oriental wasps may have evolved a genetic mutation to handle their liquor, thanks to a beneficial relationship with yeast.