Identifying mud daubers isn’t too tricky if you know which features to look for — and especially if you can spot a nest. The most striking feature of this bug might be its straw-thin waist, which ...

Bees, wasps, and hornets have found unique ways to survive in habitats all around the world. Mud daubers are a type of wasp that has developed a particularly interesting nesting behavior — they grow ...

David and I live in a farming area that includes preserved fields and wooded hillsides. Both of us are outside as much as possible, but we like different things in nature. I like plants and birds, ...

I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve been outside recently, you likely have come across a common summer nuisance: wasps. While different kinds of wasps ...

Cuckoo is an old synonym for crazy, probably because of the European common cuckoo’s call – a version of which is famously used in cuckoo clocks. But naturalists know cuckoos for a darker trait: many ...

When you see an image of a mud-dauber wasp and marry it to the recording, the track becomes somewhat revolting and scary… DD: “Well, if you think of all those ’50s horror movies of a giant wasp or ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...