https://phys.org/news/2018-07-killer-wasps-giant-spiders-critters.html > If you've been outside towards late afternoon, you've probably seen these huge wasps circling the ground, searching out their prey. The oversized wasps—they can get up to 2 inches long—are hunting the cicadas that you hear chirping during the summer months and they are not interested in you. > Sure, they have what looks to be a very long stinger, but that's to pierce the carapace of the cicada—their protein source of choice.