the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such...

Protestant elite. Historically or most consistently, WASPs are of British descent, though the definition of WASP varies in this respect. It was seen to be in...

Challenge Cup. Wasps most recent trophy was the 2007–08 Premiership. In 2021–22 Premiership Rugby, their last completed season, Wasps finished 9th. Lee...

Search for Planets (WASP), a British group searching for extra-solar planets Wasps FC, an amateur English rugby union club Wasps Ladies, an English women's...

Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside fig syconia. Some are pollinators but others simply feed off...

Paper wasps are a type of vespid wasps. The term is typically used to refer to members of the vespid subfamily Polistinae, though it often colloquially...

Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species...

of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps. Each...

Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the...

by other wasps, hyperparasitoids. Most species of gall wasps live as gall-formers on oaks. One of the best-known is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii)...

Aristophanes: The Wasps D. MacDowell, Oxford University Press 1971, p. 10 Wasps lines 1060–70 The Wasps lines 105–95 Aristophanes: Wasps D. MacDowell (ed)...

than Europe and Antarctica. These wasps grow up to 6.5 centimetres (2+1⁄2 in) long, making them among the largest of wasps, and have blue-black bodies and...

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids...

a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly...

Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of...

February 25, 2023 – via Google Books. Fear of wasps is known as spheksophobia. Individuals who fear wasps often fear stings, pain, bees, or flying insects...

A sand wasp is a wasp of one of the following groups: Ammophila, a narrow-waisted genus of hunting wasps that often nests in sandy soil Bembicini, a tribe...

The Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS) is a British society dedicated to recording bees, wasps and ants. The recording of these insects is...

which are instead referred to as "potter wasps". Mud daubers are variable in appearance. Most are long, slender wasps about 1 inch (25 mm) in length. The name...

attack wasps including D. media. It produces red-yellow fruiting bodies on long white or yellow stalks. It is not known if this fungus kills living wasps or...

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described...

name digger wasp is a broad term which may refer to any member of the parasitoidal wasp families: Crabronidae, including Bembix sand wasps and Philanthus...

Provespa, is referred to as "night wasps" or "night hornets", though they are not true hornets. Some other large wasps are sometimes referred to as hornets...

Mason wasp is a common name that can refer to: potter wasps and mason wasps in the subfamily Eumeninae in the family Vespidae, or Mud daubers in the...

cosmopolitan genus of paper wasps and the only genus in the tribe Polistini. Vernacular names for the genus include umbrella wasps, coined by Walter Ebeling...

The Emory & Henry Wasps, also known as E&H Wasps, are the athletic teams that represent Emory & Henry University, located in Emory, Virginia, in NCAA Division...

Scientists recruit wasps for war on terror. USA Today. 26 December 2005. Accessed 6 October 2011. Appel, Adrianne. Drug-Sniffing Wasps May Sting Crooks...

Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps. The name is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is...

is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, hatchet wasps, or cockroach egg parasitoid wasps. They number around 20 extant...

Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes...