solitary wasp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of solitary wasp
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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What about the tarantula hawk, a solitary wasp, whose sting is far more painful than that of a honeybee but leaves no lasting damage at all?
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
A solitary wasp paralyzes its prey and lays an egg on it to provide for its offspring.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2015
But some take them quite seriously, and no one, even in a Woody Allen movie, is more tragically affected than the male solitary wasp.
From Time Magazine Archive
The solitary wasp, Sphex, nearing her time of eggs, travels aloft with a single theory about caterpillars.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Bergson, quoting Fabre, has made play with the supposed extraordinary accuracy of the solitary wasp Ammophila, which lays its eggs in a caterpillar.
From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand
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