it is widely considered one of the most painful insect stings on the planet. Paper wasps are slender, social wasps, typically with reddish-brown or black bodies and yellow markings. These social ...

"I've had a pest man around to sort the problem and he said there were still thousands of wasps around. He warned me not to go near there because they might smell the stings on me." Mr Powell is ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

We had a wasp nest made of this delicate paper in the roof space of our house at Heacham, which we left in place until long ...

The wasps attacked the 70-year-old, from Delamere in Cheshire, while he was trimming a hedge. They usually only sting when they feel threatened, said Natalie Bungay, technical officer at the ...

The penduline tit is a specialist insect eater but the paper wasp possesses a potent sting, so it’s hard to say who had the most to lose from the encounter, but this spontaneous moment made Zhai smile ...