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	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Cicada Killer Wasp
		Cicada Killers appear as adults in late June or July, and are mostly seen visiting flowers or digging burrows in sandy or light soil.
		Cicadas are paralyzed by the venom of the wasp's sting, and will remain alive during the feeding of the wasp larvae.
		Cicada Killers adhere to the normal pattern of solitary wasps by mass provisioning their brood cell.
	www.si.edu /Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/cickillr%20wasp.htm (661 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasp - Definition, explanation
		Adult Cicada Killer Wasps are large, 1.5 to 5 cm (2/3 to 2 inches) long, robust wasps with reddish and fl areas on the thorax (middle part) and are marked with various combinations of fl, reddish brown and light yellow stripes on the abdominal (rear) segments.
		Solitary wasps (such as the Cicada Killer) are very different in their behavior than the social wasps such as hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps.
		Cicada killers may nest in planters, window boxes, flower beds or under shrubs, ground cover, etc. Nests often are made in the full sun where vegetation is sparse, especially in well-drained soils.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ci/cicada_killer_wasp.php (999 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cicada killer wasps are large, solitary wasps in the family Crabronidae.
		Adult cicada killer wasps are large, 1.5 to 5 cm (2/3 to 2 inches) long, robust wasps with reddish and fl areas on the thorax (middle part), and are fl to reddish brown marked with light yellow stripes on the abdominal (rear) segments.
		Solitary wasps (such as the Cicada killer) are very different in their behavior from the social wasps such as hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cicada_killer_wasp (1086 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasp, HYG-2078A-97
		The adult cicada killer is a very large (1-1/8 to 1-5/8 inches long), robust wasp with a fl body marked with yellow across the thorax (middle part) and on the first three abdominal (rear part) segments.
		Cicadas are captured, paralyzed by a sting and used for food to rear their young.
		Cicada Killer Wasps normally arrive the last week in July and are gone by the second week of August.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2078A.html (1163 words)

	Cicada Wasp at Animal Corner (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cicada Killer Wasps (Sphecius speciosus) are 'Solitary Wasps'.
		Cicada killers are large (1 1/2 inch or longer) wasps with dark brown bodies and fl abdomens with yellow markings.
		Cicada killers exert a natural control on cicada populations and thus directly benefit the deciduous trees on which cicadas feed.
	www.animalcorner.co.uk /insects/wasps/wasps_cicada.html (303 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasp and Other Digger Wasps \| Iowa Insect Information Notes
		The cicada killer wasp and other digger wasps are solitary wasps; that is, they live independently rather than in colonies and do not depend on other members of a colony to share in the raising of young or the maintaining of a nest.
		Wasps are generally beneficial and a nest in an out of the way location where it is not likely to be disturbed should be left alone.
		Ground nests of cicada killers and other digger wasps can be destroyed by placing an outdoor use insecticide dust containing carbaryl in and around the nest entrance during the night.
	www.ipm.iastate.edu /ipm/iiin/bdigwas.html (483 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Cicada Killer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cicada Killer Wasp is a large, solitary wasp.
		Cicada Killer females use their sting to paralyze their prey (cicadas) rather than to defend their nests.
		Female Cicada killer wasps are not aggressive and rarely sting unless handled roughly, disturbed, or caught in clothing, etc. Males aggressively defend their perching areas on nesting sites against rival males but they have no sting.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /cicadakiller.html (446 words)

	Reference Library - RedOrbit
		Cicada killers may nest in planters, window boxes, flowerbeds or under shrubs, ground cover, etc. Nests often are made in the full sun where vegetation is sparse, especially in well-drained soils.
		After digging a nest chamber in her burrow, the female cicada killer captures cicadas, paralyzing them with a sting; the cicada then serves the insect as food to rear their young.
		Female Cicada killer wasps are non-aggressive and rarely sting unless handled roughly, disturbed, or caught in clothing, etc. Males aggressively defend their perching areas on nesting sites against rival males but they have no sting.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library/insects/cicada_killer_wasp/856/index.html (897 words)

	Univeristy of Kentucky Entomology: Cicada Killer Wasps
		The cicada killer wasps attract attention due to their large size, the burrows that they dig in home lawns, and their buzzing flights over the lawn.
		The wasps feed on flower nectar while the immature or larval stage feeds primarily upon cicadas that are brought to the burrow by the adult.
		Cicada killers over winter as larvae in the soil.
	www.uky.edu /Ag/Entomology/entfacts/misc/ef004.htm (435 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasp
		Although capable of inflicting a painful sting, the cicada killer wasp is usually difficult to provoke.
		However, since cicada killer wasps prefer to nest in areas of sparse vegetation, it is likely that an infested turf was already unthrifty when the wasps arrived.
		The cicada killer wasp's life history has not been closely studied in North Carolina, but the wasp appears as early as the first week of June in Arkansas and rarely before July 1 in Ohio.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG268/html/cicada_killer_wasp.htm (548 words)

	cicadakillerhome.html
		The cicada killer has adapted its life cycle to be in synchrony with that of its hosts: Like the several species of "annual" cicadas with which it feeds its young, a cicada killer spends over 90% of its life underground as a larva.
		Like most hunting and parasitic wasps, the cicada killer is a beneficial insect; it exerts a measure of biological control on cicadas, some species of which damage deciduous trees by laying eggs under the soft bark of the new growth on the trees' terminal branches.
		The male cicada killer in the picture above (click on it, or on many of the other pictures and graphs on these pages, for a bigger picture) perched on my finger when it was offered and used it to get a better view of the area it was watching for emerging, virgin females.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~hollidac/cicadakillerhome.html (941 words)

	Wasps
		The adult cicada killer is a very large (1-1/8 to 1-5/8 inches long), robust wasp with a fl body marked with yellow across the thorax (middle part) and on the first three abdominal (rear part) segments.
		Solitary wasps (such as a cicada killer) are very different than the social wasps (hornets, yellowjackets and paper wasps).
		This ground-burrowing wasp may be found in sandy soils to loose clay in bare or grass covered banks, berms, hills as well as raised sidewalks, driveways and patio slabs.
	www.fortunecity.com /tatooine/leguin/643/web_tree/Birds/html/Insect_Wasps.htm (2695 words)

	Cicada killer
		Cicada killers are large wasps, nearly 1 1/4" long, resembling large yellow jackets or hornets.
		She hunts cicadas, and after locating one, she paralyzes it with her sting and transports it to her elaborate undergorund burrow.
		A cicada killer sting causes sharp pain that may last as long as a week, but these wasps are not aggressive, and they sting only when provoked.
	entomology.uark.edu /museum/cickiler.html (327 words)

	Insect Diagnostic Laboratory \|
		The cicada killer wasp is the largest wasp found in Iowa.
		The female cicada killer wasps capture annual cicadas in July and August and place them in cells located at the ends of tunnels they have dug in the ground.
		Ground nests of cicada killers and other digger wasps can be destroyed by placing an outdoor use insecticide dust into the nest entrance during the night.
	www.ent.iastate.edu /clinic (1709 words)

	Australian Cicada Killer Wasp
		Cicada Killer Wasps are medium to large wasps that share many behavioural and physical characteristics with Spider Wasps.
		Sometimes the Cicada Killer Wasp returns to where it captured its prey to feed on sap leaking from the hole made in the tree by the cicada.
		As they are solitary insects, cicada killer wasps do not pose the same level of threat to humans as social species of bees, ants or wasps do.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/cicada_killer_wasp.htm (274 words)

	Entomology at Clemson -- Featured Creaters
		When cicada killers first emerge, the males are very territorial and will fight with each other while establishing territories.
		Cicada killers hunt annual or dogday cicadas in trees.
		The egg hatches, and the wasp larva feeds on the body fluids of the paralyzed cicada.
	entweb.clemson.edu /creatures/cicadakiller.htm (514 words)

	Cicada Killer Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lin, N. Territorial behavior in the cicada killer wasp Sphecius speciosus (Drury)(Hymenopteraa: Sphecidae) I. Behaviour 20: 115-133.
		Wasps do not emerge via the burrow hole dug the previous year by their mothers, but tunnel directly from the nest chamber to the surface; hard soil delays emergence.
		This is a classic paper by the grandfather of American entomology documenting numerous aspects of cicada killer biology, including drawings of burrow structure and of the pupae.
	websites.quincy.edu /~coelhjo/ck/ckbib.htm (3802 words)

	Nuisance of the Week -8/5/02 - Cicada Killer Wasp
		Cicada killers have a fl body marked with yellow across the thorax and abdomen.
		The cicada killer sting is on par with that of a sweat bee.
		The cicada killer is a solitary wasp rather than a social wasp like the yellow jacket.
	www.savvygardener.com /Features/nuisance/now080502.html (433 words)

	What's That Bug: CIcada Killer Wasps
		This is a Cicada Killer and it is not laying eggs.
		Cicada Killers are frighteningly large and suffer because of their fiercesome appearance.
		Cicada Killers must be very numerous this year judging by the letters we are receiving.
	www.whatsthatbug.com /killerwasps.html (6031 words)

	Bees, Wasps and Ants of North America
		A publication by Edward Mockford in 1997 recorded discovery of a new species of wasp that is now known as the tiniest existing insect.
		Most wasps lay eggs in cavities, tunnels or burrows in the ground, or nests made of paper or mud.
		One such wasp, The Tarantula Hawk (Hemipepsis species) featured here, is famous for using paralyzed tarantula spiders as food for its larvae, and many species specialize in other prey such as cicadas and katydids.
	www.cirrusimage.com /hymenoptera.htm (607 words)

	Encyclopedia Bugtannica: Cicada-killer Wasp
		Females of the solitary wasps use their sting to paralyze their prey (flies, cicadas, caterpillars, and spiders) and not for defense of their nest.
		The cicada killer wasp is a very large wasp (1.5 to 2 inches in length) with a dark brown forebody and a flish-brown abdomen with large yellow markings on the sides.
		Later the larva pupates and the wasp hibernates in the nest as an immature adult.
	members.aol.com /yesclub2/blcicadawasp.html (263 words)

	About Cicada Killer Wasps, Introducing Cicada Killer Wasp
		Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart on the sides of the head, short antennae protruding between or in front of the eyes, and membranous front wings.
		Cicada Killer Wasp male and female is somewhat similar in appearance and differs only in its ability to sting.
		Cicada Killer Wasps appear in the middle of summer at a time when Cicadas are fully developed and can be attacked.
	wasp.cicadayear.com /article.aspx?pageId=27 (278 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasps Invade North Carolina
		The cicada killer wasp has a rusty red head and thorax, russet colored wings, and a fl and yellow striped abdomen.
		The cicada killer wasp occurs in all states east of the Rocky Mountains.
		The wasp's life history has not been closely studied in North Carolina, but this wasp appears as early as the first week of June in Arkansas, but rarely before July 1 in Ohio.
	www.turffiles.ncsu.edu /news/insects/cicada.htm (607 words)

	cicada killer - Sphecius hogardii (Latreille)
		Cicada killers, or giant ground hornets, are among the largest wasps in Florida (up to 40 mm in length).
		The wasps are parasitized by sarcophagid flies (Senotainia trilineata (Wulp); Metopia argyrocephala (Meigen)) and possibly mutillid wasps.
		Cicada killers are usually considered beneficial insects since they destroy plant feeding cicadas.
	creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /beneficial/cicada_killers.htm (774 words)

	Help Report Cicada Killers in New England
		Cicada killer adults do not feed on Cicadas, they actually feed on nectar until it is time to mate.
		If she wants the egg she is carrying to be male, she will not inject it with sperm and only hunt for one cicada for the male cicada killer wasp to feed upon.
		One Cicada Killer can catch as many as 16 total cicadas, one or two for each larva and may dig as many burrows for each.
	www.mechaworx.com /cicada/cicadakillerwasps.asp (1468 words)

	Monroe Pest Control
		Giant cicada killer wasps) are very large yellow and fl relatives of the mud dauber, but they resemble an over-sized yellow jacket, measuring 1 1/2 to 2 inches in length with a yellow and fl striped abdomen.
		When the egg hatches the larvae feeds on the cicada until it is gone, then spins a silken case around itself to overwinter, hatching in the Spring.
		While these over-sized wasps are not very aggressive in nature, the female does possess a stinger, and will deliver a very painful sting in bothered.
	www.monroepest.com /cicada_killer_wasp.htm (265 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasp
		The cicada killer wasp (or digger wasp) is about l 1/2 inches long and has yellow markings on its body.
		The wasp digs burrows in the ground and mounds the soil at the entrance.
		Since the cicada killer wasp is generally considered harmless, I urge you to leave the nest alone.
	www.walterreeves.com /insects_animals/article.phtml?cat=21&id=467 (316 words)

	Cool or cruel?
		The cicada killer is a species of wasp found in the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains.
		Cicada killer wasps will bring down a female cicada mid-air and paralyze it with a sting.
		The cicada is then dragged into the burrow, and the female deposits an egg on the paralyzed cicada for it to hatch into a larva and consume the host's body.
	amos.indiana.edu /library/scripts/cicadakiller.html (239 words)

	Cicada Killer Wasps \| Hulett Environmental Services
		Cicada killer wasps have a fl body with yellow marks across the thorax and abdomen.
		Cicada killer wasps are very large, between 1 1/8 and 1 5/8 inches long.
		Cicada killer wasps prefer areas with little or no vegetation, and will nest in lawns, parks, sandy lots, or the edges of forests.
	www.bugs.com /cicadaKill_wasps.html (204 words)

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