If ever there comes a day when it is important to know how to differentiate the wasp sexes, we want you to be well prepared.

Yellowjackets, paper wasps, mud daubers ... leading to a shorter lifespan. Drone wasps are male wasps that live for a few weeks–just long enough to fertilize new queen wasps.

Current Biology/Sugiura et al. Defense of a male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) against a tree frog (Dryophytes japonica) A male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) visiting a Cayratia japonica flower ...