Summer Stingers: Navigating Oklahoma’s Peak Flying Insect Season

If you feel like a small buzzing, winged acrobat is present every time you step into the heavy Oklahoma heat…you aren’t imagining things! Stinging insects are all around this time of year. Their colonies reach peak populations in mid- to late summer, coincident with sweltering summer temperatures. Talk about a “double whammy!” These airborne nuisances […]

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Yellow Jackets: Beneficial But Dangerous

Yellowjackets are some of the most troublesome insects in existence. Sometimes called hornets, these short black-and-yellow (or sometimes white), pack a fiery sting that seems way out of proportion to their size. Females usually over-winter in protected outdoor locations; that means they’re looking for cold-weather shelter right now. They begin new colonies every spring. Colonies […]

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