A team led by Penn State researchers identified 22 new species of gall wasps, naming them after famous thieves. This ...

"But every wasp is glorious," says Gavin, as he urges you to move beyond the PR spin that's got us to prefer beetles and bees instead ("Bees are just furry wasps that turned vegetarian").

As well as facing threats from hungry birds and insects, caterpillars can be devoured by parasitoids, chewed from the inside out. Dr Gavin Broad, Senior Curator of Hymenoptera, explains the gruesome ...

Bees and wasps belong to the order Hymenoptera, but they have distinct characteristics that set them apart. Bees are ...

The hammer orchid's flower mimics the female wasp looking upward for a male flying by, complete with a fake shiny head and furry body. The orchid even releases an enticing female wasp pheromone.

More than thirty years after the WASPs were disbanded in December 1944, the women pilots of World War II were shocked by a series of headlines in the paper. The U.S. Air Force announced that women ...

Most hymenoptera are not eusocial, but this social system has arisen multiple times within the group. It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991) — with separate origins ...

I lead a team of 21 curators in the Insects division. My own area of curatorial responsibility covers the Ichneumonoidea and Vespoidea (except ants) within Hymenoptera, with the Ichneumonidae my main ...

Wasps, often encountered on picnics, have a poor reputation with the public A new study reveals that wasps are largely disliked by the public, whereas bees are highly appreciated. The researchers ...

He is enthused to be on a campus that shares his interest in the group of social insects known as Hymenoptera. That interest ...

Moving from travel to... Removing wasps from your home costs $100 to $1,300, depending on the species, infestation severity, treatment type and any accessibility concerns. Generally speaking ...