Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

The name sounds scary, but these wasps don’t want to hurt you — well, unless you’re a cicada. The first thing you’ll likely notice about a cicada killer wasp is its size. Females are larger than males ...

A Brood X cicada after emerging in Mifflin County in 2021. Brood XIV have started to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania and other states in 2025. They're back! The cicadas, that is. In particular Brood ...

(NEXSTAR) – If you’re currently living in a cicada-filled wonderland (or nightmare, rather), the good news is they’ll soon be a distant memory. These massive broods of bugs only come out periodically, ...

As I was sitting in the garden the other day, I noticed a huge insect flying just above the ground. When it got closer, I recognized it as the greatly beneficial cicada killer, which is always welcome ...