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paper wasp
noun
- any of several social wasps, as the yellow jacket or hornet, that construct a nest of a paperlike substance consisting of chewed plant material.
Word History and Origins
Origin of paper wasp1
Example Sentences
A new study of paper wasps suggests social interactions may make animals smarter.
"The wasps I study, paper wasps, are surprisingly intelligent. Their brain is about the size of a grain of rice, yet they engage in incredibly complex social behavior."
Red-headed paper wasp, Level 3: “Immediate, irrationally intense and unrelenting. This is the closest you will come to seeing the blue of a flame from within the fire.”
“It is mildly sweet, and I fully understand why ants, yellow jackets, honeybees, paper wasps and so many other sugar-seekers are attracted to it,” Raupp said.
In 2021, the department tracked a hornet’s activity, and observed it repeatedly return to the same nest and remove the paper wasp larvae.
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