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They may look intimidating, but these wasps help control cicada populations.

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Ouch! Those intimately acquainted with the sting of Alabama's notorious red wasp know that they never want to encounter another. And who can blame them? Knowledge is power, so get to know this flying ...

Wasps freak people out, and it's not hard to see why. These sometimes hostile stinging insects fly about us as if trying to start a fight, and they look the part with aggressively segmented bodies ...