How to Use wasp in a Sentence

wasp

noun
  • In the nests of ants, bees or wasps, the sole monarch is a queen.
    Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • The few that weren’t outright stolen had the ants and wasps in them.
    Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 27 July 2019
  • The idea is to get jaws to open so the wasp can escape.
    Noah Davis, Esquire, 17 Aug. 2015
  • That’s the swell in the ground for a lot of lovers, and there can be a wasp’s nest inside.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Once the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae eat their way from the inside out.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The fairyfly is a type of wasp and is only 0.005 inches long.
    Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The name of the storm, Vongfong, is derived from the term for wasp in Cantonese.
    Jason Gutierrez, New York Times, 13 May 2020
  • Hoelmer brought the wasp back and put it in quarantine for study.
    Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
  • If the drink is extra fruity, a bee or wasp may even try to join the party.
    Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Climate crises seem to be changing the range of some wasp species.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 7 May 2021
  • Finally, the robo-wasp has a winch to drag its haul home.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2018
  • And in October, there are a lot of wasps on the island.
    Michael Ordoña, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
  • Working during the coolest part of the day, spray the nest with a wasp killer from a safe distance.
    Ashley Leath, Country Living, 29 May 2020
  • Check the bathroom and kitchen exhaust dampers for wasp nests.
    Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • These vessels are built by the potter wasp to raise its young.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 17 June 2020
  • The man was said to be okay other than feeling a sting that felt like a wasp bite.
    Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 12 May 2017
  • And, of course, stings bees and wasps are likely to produce more pain than itch.
    Emily Shiffer, Health.com, 20 June 2019
  • Those are the cocoons of the wasp larvae that have fed on the caterpillar.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2022
  • On occasion, a wasp crawls into the gear and builds a nest.
    Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The arrival of a wasp at the table foreshadows what’s to come.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And their nests can become home to colonies of aggressive wasps that nest in the ground too.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2024
  • In the game, one player is the ant and wasp, the other player is the beetle larva and adult.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Since there are 28 eggs in a cluster, that's the potential for 28 more wasps.
    Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2017
  • Allegedly, there's an ant face in Ant-Man's costume, and a wasp face in the Wasp's.
    refinery29.com, 10 July 2018
  • The wasp lays its eggs inside the larvae of lily leaf beetles, killing the larvae.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
  • One day Guerrero-Redman was in dire need of wasp spray.
    Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Eventually the adult wasps emerge from the galls, fly, mate and begin the process over again.
    Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The Bug Bite Thing even works on bee and wasp stings as well as bites from flies, no-see-ums, chiggers, and sea lice.
    Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 4 June 2024
  • Most wasps die off in the winter, but enough of them will find shelter somewhere to revive the colony in the spring.
    Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Rubbing a bar of unscented soap on the ceiling and walls can help keep wasps from building nests inside.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024

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