We are starting to see the most impressive wasp ... larvae in the soil, and the adults emerge in mid-June to early July. This emergence usually corresponds to the emergence of the dog-day cicada ...

One species of periodical cicada, set to emerge in the United States in the coming days, develops over 13 years, while the other takes 17 years. During this extended period, their larvae reside in ...

The larvae belong to a type of wasp called parasitoids, whose young dine on the flesh of hosts their parents pick out for them. But research published Thursday (July 29) in Science suggests that not ...