Discovering a wood wasp often starts with a loud buzzing, louder than a blue bottle or bee, followed by a black-and-yellow insect about four centimetres long, with a needle-like tail. At first glance, it looks like a hornet, prompting...
Summer in the UK is a glorious time. Picnics in the park, lazy afternoons in the garden… but those idyllic scenes can quickly turn sour when wasps decide to join the party. While these buzzing insects play a vital...
When you think about pest control, you may think of a person with a van and box of baits and traps, but would you think of a microscopic insect almost invisible to the naked eye? Enter Entosite parasitoid wasps...
As the summer sun shines, your beer garden should be a hub of activity, with the clinking of glasses and the laughter of patrons filling the air. Yet, this idyllic scene can be shattered in an instant by the...
There has been 108 sightings of Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) in the UK since 2016. 56 (over half) of which were just last year, according to government figures. Asian hornets, also known as the yellow-legged hornets are a non-native...
All these insects are yellowish/blackish (mostly stripy) creatures with six legs and wings, and the potential to sting and they inhabit the UK. Yet just because they all share some immediate resemblance does not mean they are the same!...