Wasp
noun
A type of flying insect with a slender body and a painful sting.
I got stung by a wasp at the picnic.
Often appears as...
- wasp sting
- wasp nest
acronym
In U.S. context, WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, often to express a privileged and influential group.
WASPs were considered to hold the power in the mid-twentieth century America.
Often appears as...
- elite wasp
- wasp community
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
WASP is a brand of aircraft engines.
The vintage aircraft was powered by a WASP engine.
Often appears as...
- wasp engine
- powered by wasp
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of flying insect with a slender body and a painful sting.
I got stung by a wasp at the picnic.
Often appears as...
- wasp sting
- wasp nest
acronym
In U.S. context, WASP stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, often to express a privileged and influential group.
WASPs were considered to hold the power in the mid-twentieth century America.
Often appears as...
- elite wasp
- wasp community
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
WASP is a brand of aircraft engines.
The vintage aircraft was powered by a WASP engine.
Often appears as...
- wasp engine
- powered by wasp
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fear
Many are afraid of wasps due to their painful sting. The word can evoke unease.
When she saw the wasp, her expression showed sheer terror.
Pro Tip 2/3Seasonal Presence
Wasps are more common in warmer seasons. Their mention might suggest summertime.
The presence of wasps indicates that summer has arrived.
Pro Tip 3/3Misidentification
Wasps are often confused with bees. Unlike bees, most wasps can sting multiple times.
That's not a bee; it's a wasp, which is why it's still buzzing after stinging.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fear
Many are afraid of wasps due to their painful sting. The word can evoke unease.
When she saw the wasp, her expression showed sheer terror.
Pro Tip 2/3Seasonal Presence
Wasps are more common in warmer seasons. Their mention might suggest summertime.
The presence of wasps indicates that summer has arrived.
Pro Tip 3/3Misidentification
Wasps are often confused with bees. Unlike bees, most wasps can sting multiple times.
That's not a bee; it's a wasp, which is why it's still buzzing after stinging.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Fear
Many are afraid of wasps due to their painful sting. The word can evoke unease.
When she saw the wasp, her expression showed sheer terror.
Pro Tip 2/3Seasonal Presence
Wasps are more common in warmer seasons. Their mention might suggest summertime.
The presence of wasps indicates that summer has arrived.
Pro Tip 3/3Misidentification
Wasps are often confused with bees. Unlike bees, most wasps can sting multiple times.
That's not a bee; it's a wasp, which is why it's still buzzing after stinging.
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What happens to people...
The isolation is so deep and profound that one of our clients would lie on the floor of his cell for hours, just hoping to catch a glimpse of someone's feet as they walked past the door of his cell. Another befriended a wasp that flew into his cell, feeding it and talking to it like a friend.
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The loathsome, lethal...
What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.
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How bees help plants...
butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants. In return, flowering plants are an abundant and diverse food source for pollinators.
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Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
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Body Invaders PIPE National...
womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next stage of their lifecycle they must break out the caterpillars thick skin should be a solid barrier to the parasitic wasp larvae but as their
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile
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Spotting the camel...
found that are so small nearly as if you can see these creatures these are beetles wasp and slice that are so tiny they are roughly a millimeter as long as you can see they're not close up to all
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This Fungus Turns...
fungi spread across the world other creatures such as wasps moths and caterpillars have also fallen prey to these parasites ants are another notable victim of these killer fungi
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Army Ants Rampage...
Right across the raid front, prey of all sizes are driven from their hiding places. Even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive.
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Best Scenes From The...
even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive everything alive in the path of the raiders
Video examples
What happens to people...
The isolation is so deep and profound that one of our clients would lie on the floor of his cell for hours, just hoping to catch a glimpse of someone's feet as they walked past the door of his cell. Another befriended a wasp that flew into his cell, feeding it and talking to it like a friend.
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.
Video examples
How bees help plants...
butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants. In return, flowering plants are an abundant and diverse food source for pollinators.
Video examples
Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
Video examples
Body Invaders PIPE National...
womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next stage of their lifecycle they must break out the caterpillars thick skin should be a solid barrier to the parasitic wasp larvae but as their
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile
Video examples
Spotting the camel...
found that are so small nearly as if you can see these creatures these are beetles wasp and slice that are so tiny they are roughly a millimeter as long as you can see they're not close up to all
Video examples
This Fungus Turns...
fungi spread across the world other creatures such as wasps moths and caterpillars have also fallen prey to these parasites ants are another notable victim of these killer fungi
Video examples
Army Ants Rampage...
Right across the raid front, prey of all sizes are driven from their hiding places. Even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive.
Video examples
Best Scenes From The...
even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive everything alive in the path of the raiders
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Victoria Moran
American Writer
I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
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Arnold Palmer
American Golfer
I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of the tracks, the upper crust and the WASPs at the country club. We had chickens and pigs in our yards. We butchered every year. I'll never forget those things.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Given the right information to help them decide, people will opt for conditions that benefit our creaturely neighbours, even where they have no particular interest in larks or cuckoo wasps - because those conditions benefit us.
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Jo Brand
British Comedian
I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.
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Martin McGuinness
Irish Politician
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
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Bill Condon
American Director
Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.
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Amanda Harlech
English Writer
My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps.
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Missy Elliott
American Musician
I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.
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James Woolsey
American Public Servant
My family, we're all WASPs.
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Lena Dunham
American Actress
I'm half Jewish half WASP.
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Victoria Moran
American Writer
I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.
Quote examples
Arnold Palmer
American Golfer
I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of the tracks, the upper crust and the WASPs at the country club. We had chickens and pigs in our yards. We butchered every year. I'll never forget those things.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
Given the right information to help them decide, people will opt for conditions that benefit our creaturely neighbours, even where they have no particular interest in larks or cuckoo wasps - because those conditions benefit us.
Quote examples
Jo Brand
British Comedian
I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.
Quote examples
Martin McGuinness
Irish Politician
I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
Quote examples
Bill Condon
American Director
Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.
Quote examples
Amanda Harlech
English Writer
My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps.
Quote examples
Missy Elliott
American Musician
I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.
Quote examples
James Woolsey
American Public Servant
My family, we're all WASPs.
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Lena Dunham
American Actress
I'm half Jewish half WASP.
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