Bald-faced hornets are large, aggressive wasps. Learn more about the signs of bald-faced hornets, health risks, what to do if you have them, and more.

The bald-faced hornet isn’t really a hornet. Instead, it’s a yellow jacket. And it just so happens to be the largest type of yellow jacket in the Pacific Northwest, even though it’s not yellow.

A large bald-faced hornet’s nest is attached to our house very close to a grill. (Tim Johnson / Chicago Botanic Garden) By Tim Johnson. PUBLISHED: September 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT.

After a post on the community Facebook page, Neighbors started sharing their encounters with the bald-faced hornet. Some, like Sara Jones, spoke with our sister station, WPXI, about going into ...

If you are out walking your property, be one the lookout for the white, or bald faced, hornet’s nest, which is well constructed, usually perfectly round, and extends out to a small point at the end.

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — After a post on an Elizabeth community Facebook page, Neighbors started sharing their encounters with the bald-faced hornet. Some, like Sara Jones, spoke with Channel ...

I continued to observe the bald-faced hornet's nest. Within those initial seconds, another feeling emerged strongly and perhaps more clearly and all-encompassing than all the others: Awe.

They're distinct from North America's wasps. While common U.S. insects such as yellowjackets and the bald-faced hornet are sometimes called hornets, they're not in the same genus as the Asian hornets.

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — After a post on the community Facebook page, Neighbors started sharing their encounters with the bald-faced hornet. Some, like Sara Jones, spoke with our sister station ...