A n 8-year-old’s casual backyard observation has transformed our understanding of an intricate relationship between ants, wasps, and oak trees.What appeared to be ants carrying seeds turned out ...

Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...

These parasites are found throughout the social Hymenoptera (i.e., bees, wasps and ants), and have been most intensely studied in ants. The social parasitism that I address here is restricted to ...

Insects and arachnids become more active as it gets warmer. From bees to scorpions, here's what kind of bugs you'll see in ...

Others play it coy, mimicking thorns, leaves, or insect droppings. Still others impersonate ants or wasps. Forty-plus named species, as well as another 700 or so awaiting scientific description ...

Despite their name and looks, velvet ants are actually wasps. Many of these delightfully fuzzy insects exhibit bright, contrasting shades of black with red, orange or white. Their bold bodies serve as ...

There are almost 5,000 species of spider wasp worldwide, including 44 species in Britain. Another example are the solitary wasps known as velvet ants. Female velvet ants lay eggs on the pupae of other ...