Large yellow and black wasps almost the size of a human thumb will soon be flying around the late Kentucky summer, hunting for cicadas. The cicada killer wasp is often mistaken for the so-called ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The first Asian Hornet, better known as a "murder" hornet, was spotted in the U.S. for the first time in late 2019. Since then, Kentucky bee specialists have been ...

It’s unlikely Asian giant hornets will make their way from Washington to Kentucky, but state officials will be prepared either way. Three traps likely will be set next week in Lexington for the ...

Kentucky Pest News, run by the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, said the hornet is not a concern in Kentucky, however, some local insects could cause some alarm.

If you are unfortunate enough to have a big insect nest attached to your house – you will want to know whether it belongs to ...

The first nest of the yellow-legged hornet was eradicated Aug. 23, two weeks after Georgia officials confirmed the hornet’s presence in the U.S. Georgia Department of Agriculture Two weeks after ...

How to Get Rid of Hornets. It's best to leave the hornet nest alone unless you find one in your home or near busy areas. The frost will kill off the hornets in the fall, and they won’t return to ...

"We suspect there may be more nests." See the Washington State Department of Agriculture obliterating the basketball-size Asian Giant Hornet nest in a new video.

Hornets are wasps, but not every wasp is a hornet. They do have a few distinctive behaviors, like building large, cone- or egg-shaped nests. You really should not mess with them and if you find a ...

Authorities successfully destroy "murder hornet" nest in Washington 00:32. When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they ...

Entomologists discovered the Asian giant hornet nest in Washington last month. More than 500 Asian giant hornets have been collected from the first known nest of the invasive species in the United ...