Wasps, with their big eyes and weirdly delicate dangling legs, send shivers down the spine. I've been stung once in my life, and my seven-year-old mind manufactured a ... into the wall of your home.

It's also crucial to keep compost piles and tree branches away from the house, as both are ideal habitats for wasp nest ...

Native oak leaves are an excellent base for compost, containing nutrients created by the tree and inoculated with ...

A compost heap makes a delicious refuge. Larger mammals come to root around for old fruit, hedgehogs to eat the slugs, and reptiles and amphibians love the warmth it generates. It’s also a great ...

The nest is likely to have been built by many wasps over several years, says the wildlife trust A wildlife trust hopes a giant wasp nest found in a house could help people better understand the ...

The following day, Mrs. Sorscher noticed another two wasps. “This is very strange,” she said to her husband. “There must be a nest somewhere,” Mr. Sorscher replied. “I’ll look outside ...

The handful of colony-living, nest-building species is just a tiny fraction of overall wasp diversity, estimated at more than 9,000 species in the UK alone. Most wasps are solitary, some are tiny ...

There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...

A dried-out wasp nest is believed to have caused a fire in the roof of a bungalow. Kent Fire and Rescue Service attended the property on Fauchons Lane, Maidstone, at about 16:20 BST on Tuesday ...

But you may be more familiar with the black and yellow social species. Colonies of social wasps are considered annoying pests - they often nest in manmade structures and deal out painful stings if you ...

A wildlife trust hopes a giant wasp nest found in a house could help people better understand the insect. The impressive structure, measuring an estimated 75cm (30in) across, was donated to the ...