Bald-faced hornets are an easily identifiable species of yellow jacket. Unlike most other yellow jacket species, the bald-faced hornet has black and white or ivory coloring on its face, thorax ...

It can be challenging to tell hornets and wasps apart. That's mainly because all hornets are a subset of wasps (which is more ...

As with any yellow jacket species, the bigger bald-faced hornets will sting repeatedly to defend themselves and their nest. Therefore, the secret to not getting stung is to not tick them off.

Jeanne Howell was raised to be a hornet collector. Her father, Tom Howell, started collecting hornets in Cottage Grove after ...

A large bald-faced hornet’s nest is attached to our house very close to a grill. (Tim Johnson / Chicago Botanic Garden) By Tim Johnson. PUBLISHED: September 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT.

Bald-faced hornets are around three-quarters of an inch long, with black bodies and gray bands. Their nests are typically large and enclosed, containing over 100 hornets inside.

After a post on the community Facebook page, Neighbors started sharing their encounters with the bald-faced hornet. Some, like Sara Jones, spoke with our sister station, WPXI, about going into ...

Bald-Faced Hornet Now we are getting to the “fun” species. Bald-faced hornets are particularly aggressive and will sting on a dime, so leave this removal to the pros.

They're distinct from North America's wasps. While common U.S. insects such as yellowjackets and the bald-faced hornet are sometimes called hornets, they're not in the same genus as the Asian hornets.

In Blaine, Washington, after the 2020 appearance of the two-inch long invasive species Vespa mandarinia (above: Washington State entomologist Chris Looney holds a native bald-faced hornet to ...