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." ...

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 ground-dwelling wasp. Females are larger than the males ... After eating, the larva changes into a pupa, then metamorphose into the adult wasp and leave the nest chamber.

I received a text the other day from my neighbor about a killer in our neighborhood. Immediately I was on alert and wanted to know more. After all, it’s not every day that a killer is ...