GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A Gwinnett County woman says an afternoon in the garden ended with a close call that sent her to the hospital. Robyn Fly says she did not know she was allergic to wasps until ...
It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...
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Why Wasps Sting So Quickly

Wasps sting first and ask questions later—or so it seems. PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider explains why this is the case. When we talk about wasps, we mainly mean the German wasp, Vespula ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wasps aren’t complete villains, though, because they are potential pollinators and can help with insect ...
A woman's wasp sting has set off alarm bells across the internet after she shared shocking photos of the aftermath. Redditor u/internettstranger posted an image of her hand, which she said swelled up ...