Although they’re both “wasps,” there are some significant differences between Yellow Jackets and Paper Wasps — even though we non-entomologist folks may often confuse the two. Unlike the irritable ...

Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer recommends campers keep a supply of ice, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory medicines on hand to deal with wasp stings. Those with known allergies ...

It's fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting cooler and... are the insects really bad? If you've noticed an uptick in activity and general annoyance from insects of a stinging variety – ...

It’s yellow jacket and wasp season and they seem to be particularly annoying this year. Even the firefighters out on the wildfire lines are being painfully plagued by them. Yellow jackets seem to be ...

SPOKANE (The Spokesman-Review) — Yellow jackets and paper wasps are typically a familiar sight this time of year – buzzing around gardens, patios and hiking trails and eyeing our picnics and barbecues ...

If you’ve had a barbecue outside, you have probably experienced yellow jackets foraging for food. They are primarily scavengers, and they start to show up at picnics and barbecues, around garbage cans ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Yellowjackets are more than a nuisance, they account for at least 90 percent of “bee stings.” European paper wasps, are beneficial predators of caterpillars ...

Well, 2020 continues to make good on its promise of being a horrendous year. If a pandemic, civil unrest and a highly charged presidential election weren’t enough, Mother Nature has joined in the fun ...

What’s buzzing around California? It’s not bees or mosquitoes, it’s wasps. Active year-round, wasps are most noticeable from March through November. This peak season sees their colonies at full size, ...

After 40 years in the RV park business, Teri Blaschki has learned to live with and even love paper wasps, stings and all. “I’ve been stung by them many, many times. It’s just what they do,” said ...

It's fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting cooler and ... are the insects really bad? If you've noticed an uptick in activity and general annoyance from insects of a stinging variety – ...