Female killer wasps are not aggressive, but do have painful stings which they will utilize if they feel threatened. Killer cicada wasps are solitary, but can appear in large enough numbers that ...

Thursday marked the official start of spring and while that may bring warmer temperatures, it will also bring something else.

Each cell is furnished with at least one cicada (sometimes two or three) and a single egg before being sealed off. Female eggs are provisioned with two or three cicadas while males only get one.

Male cicadas make a high-pitched buzzing sound to attract female cicadas. Once a female cicada is attracted, they mate. The female cicada then lays her eggs on the branches of trees. Six to 10 ...

The male cicada produces the buzzing sound to attract prospective females for a treetop rendezvous. After the lofty encounter, the female cicada moves to another tree to find small dead twigs ...