Yellow jackets and other wasps are beneficial insects that eat astounding numbers of aphids, mosquitoes caterpillars and flies; however, as we all know, they can inflict painful stings if you ...

By mid- to late-summer and fall, yellow jacket populations are at their height. “As their number build up, they gorge ...

What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here's what to know about these pesky summer insects.

Yellow jackets are honey-bee size wasp (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long) that is black in color with bright yellow markings. (Honey bees are golden or brown.) ...

Yellow jackets generally are known for their stings and the venom they can deliver in multiple stings. They come to our attention when trapped in a bicycle helmet vent as we speed down a hill or ...

Though less immediately painful than yellow jacket stings, an increase in mosquito bites could prove dangerous. In 2023 reporting from the Citizen Times, one Western Carolina University professor ...

When a yellow jacket stings someone, it effectively tags its victims with an alarm pheromone. That pheromone may last 10 or more hours, making the victim a potential target for other yellow jackets.

One overlooked impact of Tropical Storm Helene's destruction in Western North Carolina stings more than others - literally. Because of the high winds and catastrophic flooding brough by Helene to ...

Why yellow jackets are even more of a threat to Georgians' outdoor activities in the summertime. ... which stings only once and loses its stinger in the process, a yellow jacket keeps on stinging.

Yellow jackets swarm in North Carolina after Helene destroys their homes Officials in the state have taken steps to help by ordering medications for people who are stung by the insects. Fernando ...

North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers were writing tickets practically every minute Tuesday afternoon as part of an effort to crack down on speeding through highway construction zones.