Last summer, while working in the garden, I was startled when a fast-flying wasp dropped a plump pumpkin spider on the soil in front of me. The wasp landed, grabbed the spider, and wiggled backwards ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On warm days through early fall, you can find two large species of “digger” wasps flitting about late-blooming flowers. Like many wasps, these species ...

Paper wasps build their nests out of a material they create by chewing wood fiber. Credit: Courtesy of Griffin Dill When you think of wasps, your first thoughts may well be of hostile, stinging ...