The scarlet-bodied wasp moth does not damage garden or landscape plants. And, despite its wasp-like appearance, it's a moth and cannot sting people. (Janice Wynn) Q: I have been seeing this beautiful ...

Last Monday I posted a moth in wasp's clothing; here are some more! These moths are from a different group, the Sesiidae. They are incredibly convincing mimics of stinging insects. They don't look at ...

In a laboratory in California, entomologists are trying to identify a tiny wasp that doesn’t sting but has stirred up a hornet’s nest for agriculture officials in Illinois. Thousands of the wasps were ...

Once clothes moth larvae start eating your favorite garments, they’re tough to get rid of. Tiny parasitoid wasps are here to help – they lay their eggs inside the moth’s eggs so you can say bye-bye to ...

Flowers appeal to the human sense of aesthetics — they are ornate structures with beautiful colors and delightful fragrances. But naturalists have more reasons to stop, smell the flowers and inspect ...