Wasp vs. hornet: what’s the difference? Don’t worry, we’re not picking favorites today, because I’d choose neither. We’re ...

Solitary wasps, such as cicada killers, mud daubers and the metallic blue-black scoliid wasps that hover inches above the lawn, actually help us by parasitizing destructive insect pests.

a spider wasp, a scoliid wasp, a mud dauber wasp, a tiphiid wasp, a paper wasp and a pollen wasp; a velvet ant (wasp); a dracula ant; and a sweat bee, Lasioglossum albipes. Of particular interest was ...

Campsomeris dorsata is a hymenopteran scoliid that is endemic to South America, Central America, and parts of the West Indies. It has been used as a biological control agent in the past in Puerto Rico ...

One of the best allies in the battle against lawn grubs are wasps, particularly those in the scoliid family. They specialize in hunting scarabs, hovering over lawns to home in on the soil-dwelling ...

a spider wasp, a scoliid wasp, a mud dauber wasp, a tiphiid wasp, a paper wasp and a pollen wasp; a velvet ant (wasp); a dracula ant; and a sweat bee, Lasioglossum albipes. Of particular interest ...

DAVIS: That's a really pretty scoliid. PAYNE: A scoliid wasp is one of them. DAVIS: You see that yellow on there? That's why it's so hard. But it's got those blue wings on it. PAYNE: Hard ...