Cicada Killer Wasps, also known as Sphecius speciosus ... "An egg is laid on the live paralyzed cicada(s) which hatches into a wasp larva. The larva then consumes the live insects and overwinters." ...

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves.

When the killer bug attacks hives, they kill the adult worker ... but ultimately harmless, Eastern cicada killer that Texans will see this fall. Eastern cicada killers, also known as giant cicada ...

Meal complete. During the fall, the larva spins a silken case, shrinks, and prepares to overwinter. Cicada killers have only a single generation per year. Like other solitary wasps with no large ...

The cicada killer is a very large solitary wasp ... because they have more to eat in the larval stage. After eating, the larva changes into a pupa, then metamorphose into the adult wasp and ...