The collective panic led AgriLife to make a Facebook post assuring residents the suspects were not murder hornets, but rather, a common large wasp— the Eastern cicada killer. Despite the false ...

(WTVO) — A “once in a lifetime” emergence of billions of cicadas in Illinois this year is sure to get the attention of the insects’ natural enemy: the large Cicada Killer Wasp. The Cicada ...

We are starting to see the most impressive wasp found in Ohio. Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus) are large, solitary wasps. The cicada killer is one of the largest wasps in North America.

As I looked at the picture I thought, yep, we have a killer in the neighborhood, I better get over there right away. Of course, I’m talking about a cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus).