The nests of Asian paper wasps produce a brilliant, lime green glow when seen under ultraviolet light. In fact, the glow is so bright that you can see it from over sixty feet away!

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

Paper wasps are social creatures and will vigorously defend their nests. They are most likely to sting when their nest is disturbed. They aren't aggressive when they're away from their nest.

Wasps can be an annoying presence in your yard, building nests, buzzing around your backyard barbecues, and threatening with painful stings. But for those with serious allergies to insect stings ...

Paper wasps make their nests out of, well, paper. Species in the subfamily of wasps known as paper wasps chew up bits of wood and bark, mixing it with their saliva, and spit out a rough papery pulp.

Paper wasps build their nests by secreting chewing on wood or paper products. The chewing plus secretions from their bodies soften the pulp so that they can use it to construct their nests.

Paper Wasps Paper wasps are 1-inch-long slender wasps with long legs and a distinct slender waist. Most Western species tend to be golden brown or darker with large patches of yellow or red.

In the case of small paper wasp nests protected by just a few individuals, drenching the nest with wasp spray from a dozen feet away is generally a safe move.

The nest appears to have a paper mache texture and several honey-comb-like holes where the insects would live. The nest of Ropalidia jemmae, or Jemma’s social wasp, as seen in a lab. Photos from ...

In the springtime, if a small nest with just a few paper wasps appears in your eaves, wait for a cool morning — below 60 degrees — and “just take a stick and knock it down,” she said.

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Paper wasps routinely hunt and kill caterpillars much larger than themselves. As you can imagine, transporting an entire caterpillar of that size back to the nest would be impossible due to the ...