For the most part, female cicada killers keep their stings for cicadas. Females can sting humans if they are provoked, which they normally don’t become. As a nonaggressive insect, the only time ...

Additionally, only female eastern cicada killers have stingers ... scorpions do tend to sting when they are provoked, which ...

Are these wasps dangerous and why are they called killers. The cicada killer can deliver a nasty sting, but they are not an aggressive wasp and will only sting if handled roughly or stepped on.

Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus ... hunting for cicadas on nearby tree trunks and lower limbs. The wasp stings its prey, turns the victim on its back, straddles it, and drags it or ...

I received a text the other day from my neighbor about a killer in our neighborhood. Immediately I was on alert and wanted to know more. After all, it’s not every day that a killer is ...