The collective panic led AgriLife to make a Facebook post assuring residents the suspects were not murder hornets, but rather, a common large wasp— the Eastern cicada killer. Despite the false ...

Cicada Killer Wasps, also known as Sphecius speciosus ... "To discourage them, keep areas of well-drained, loose soil or sand to a minimum. If cicada killers begin digging in sand boxes or ...

We are starting to see the most impressive wasp found in Ohio. Eastern cicada killers (Specius speciosus) are large, solitary wasps. The cicada killer is one of the largest wasps in North America.

Some say that it looks similar to a yellow-jacket or hornet, but those are a very different kinds of insect. The cicada killer is a ground-dwelling wasp. Females are larger than the males.