Local News Those large insects flying around aren't murder hornets, they're cicada killer wasps, experts say Murder hornets got their name because they prey on bees and decapitate them.

Eastern cicada killers, also known as giant cicada killers, are a family of large wasps roughly 1-1.5 inches long with clear, brownish-wings and black-and-yellow patterns similar to most wasps.

You might be mentally prepared for Illinois' massive cicada emergence coming up. But there's one part of the insect's arrival that you may have not considered: the surfacing of the Cicada Killer Wasp.

Texas Parks and Wildlife said that the large wasps people are worried about in Texas are not murder hornets, but wasps called cicada killers who aren’t threatening to humans. Texas A&M explains ...

Murder hornets: Have not been found in Texas. They, like cicada killers, have yellow stripes on their abdomens but also have orange and black stripes.

The larvae are fed insects that are chewed up by the workers. Both the solitary cicada killer and the social bald-faced hornets demonstrate a preferred feeding pattern for the larger wasps.

Asian "murder hornets", first spotted in the U.S. in 2019, haven't been confirmed in N.C., but climate change and human activity could change that.

One hornet can eat a dozen or more honey bees in a day, scientists say. They look a lot like native insects, including the cicada killer wasp, the bald-faced hornet, paper wasps, queen yellow ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife said that the large wasps people are worried about in Texas are not murder hornets, but wasps called cicada killers who aren’t threatening to humans. Texas A&M explains ...

THE ANSWER No, this is not a giant hornet from outside of the United States. Experts identify this as a cicada killer wasp, which is native to our area.