How to identify and get rid of carpenter bees, honey bees, killer bees, wasps and other stinging insects on your property, to reduce the risk of getting stung.

Common stinging insect species include paper wasps, yellow jackets, hornets, and mud daubers. We’ve gathered information to help you identify stinging insects.

Batzner Pest Control - Stinging insects are prevalent in WI. While there are quite a few species, the three you should look out for include yellow jackets..

Batzner - A pest control company can correctly identify the breed of stinging insects in order to safely and thoroughly treat the infestation...

Explore fascinating facts about wasps, from their diverse names to their venomous stings, behavior, habitat, diet, and more!

See adult cup moth which emerged from pupation nine weeks later here. Pu'er, Yunnan, China View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in the set, Limacodid (Cup Moth) Caterpillars. see comments for additional view…..

Pu'er, Yunnan, China View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in the set, Limacodid (Cup Moth) Caterpillars.

Misumenia vatia, female Upper Peninsula of Michigan Crab_Spider_0581_DxO-sc01

You'll need to stay calm, pick bees with a good temperament and prepare to be stung a few times

This was a bucket-lister for me! I had seen images of this large staggering species before from elsewhere in SEAsia and it was a matter of whether it occurred locally. It remains unidentified but bears similarities to the only known immature stage of the genus Phocoderma. As usual, in the absence of an ID (and even then for ease of reference), I have issued a nickname - "Medusa" Pu'er, Yunnan, China

Hard (if not impossible) to pick an unflattering angle...... Pu'er, Yunnan, China see comments for additional image.....

Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillars put on their very own 4th of July fireworks show... ish. Instead of glowing lights, though, you're stuck with itchy rashes.

from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

Pu'er, Yunnan, China see comments for additional view….

from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay

Pu'er, Yunnan, China View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in the set, Limacodid (Cup Moth) Caterpillars.

Damselfly sub-order Zygoptera, Family Agriidae sometimes called Demoiselles, Male Banded Agrion (Agrion splendens) sometimes called Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens [Harris]). Settled on a stinging nettle by the river Gipping at Needham Lake, Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK