As summer winds down, the kids are back in school and our summer reading lists are exhausted. How about a story of beauty, intrigue, and deceit to spice things up? You might find a good thriller at ...

I recently found and killed a yellow-and-black mud dauber wasp that was very docile because I didn't realize mud daubers are non-aggressive. When left alone, these wasps only use their stingers to ...

Of the over 4,000 known species of wasps in California, two are known as mud daubers: Sceliphron caementarium (black and yellow mud dauber) and Chalybion californicum (blue mud dauber). Mud daubers ...

The other day, while helping a friend work on his roof, I was amazed to find what almost appeared to be concrete filling the space around the metal chimney for his wood-burning stove. Several inches ...

A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I ...

Many people tend to run when they see a wasp and avoid an area if they see one of their nests overhead. However, did you know there is a special species of wasps that also build their nests out of mud ...

If you've had odd, black bugs chasing you around your home, you're not alone. Especially in Texas. Small, black insects are common here, but when it comes to mud daubers and ensign wasps, there's good ...

I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I am happy they are part of the summer ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I take the darting and buzzing of flying insects in my garden almost for granted. I have a general idea of what is out there and what they are doing, and I ...