while others have thick bodies and thoraxes Orange or black wings.5" to 1.5" long While you may not want ground wasps invading your garden, they are helpful for pest control. They eat larvae ...

They have a velvety white coat, with black spots around the eyes and ... their eggs in the nest of another insect, such as a ground bee or wasp. Once the panda ant eggs hatch, they consume the ...

Ground wasps, or yellowjackets, are about ½-inch long with alternating black and yellow bands on the abdomen. They don’t carry pollen like honeybees do in pollen baskets on their rear legs.