ENTFACT-004: Cicada Killer Wasps | Download PDF
by Lee Townsend, Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Mild mannered female cicada killer wasps are active across Kentucky during the summer, intent on their tasks of 1) digging underground burrows and 2) provisioning them with paralyzed cicadas that will be food for their grub-like larvae. The wasps will be very focused on these tasks for several weeks.
