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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The age of the paintings was determined by ancient wasp nests, of all things.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2021
• So the wasp comes, puts loads of larvae inside of the caterpillars.
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 13 May 2024
• The wasp paralyzes the cicada with a sting and takes it to a burrow.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 18 July 2019
• Bees are the primary pollinators for a lot of plants, but flies, wasps, beetles and butterflies also play an important role.
  — Rachel Mallinger, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
• Social wasps use their stingers solely for defense, according to National Geographic.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024