The collective panic led AgriLife to make a Facebook post assuring residents the suspects were not murder hornets, but rather, a common large wasp ... most part, female cicada killers keep ...

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 ...

Typically, the male wasps are smaller than the females ... A mound of fine soil surrounds the burrow of each female cicada killer. Since colonies of burrows are common, infested lawns usually ...

But there's one part of the insect's arrival that you may have not considered: the surfacing of the Cicada Killer Wasp ... of Illinois Extension noted a female wasp was expected to excavate ...

More accurately this wasp is called the eastern cicada ... favorite perch and keep a watchful eye open for a female. If another male cicada killer approaches, they often fight, grabbing each ...