They’re so big that people mistake them for murder hornets.
, a professor and researcher in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. “They’re solitary and dig holes in the ground to hide the paralyzed insects that they catch,” he explains.
An interesting-but-gross fact about these wasps: A female cicada killer will bury a cicada in the ground and lay its eggs on top. “Once the wasp egg hatches, which takes two to three days, it burrows into the cicada, consumes it from the inside out, and then pupates in the shell of the cicada,” says Marc Potzler, a board-certified entomologist and technical services manager atA female cicada killer can sting, but again, they’re not incredibly aggressive.
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