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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply…

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Wasp

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Edges235
Triples262
Avg. degree1.99
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related to In military names · 22
Wasp → Bren Gun Carrier, British, Continental Navy, Eleven, England, German, HMS Wasp, In, Nine, Royal Navy, Second World War, The, The AeroVironment Wasp III, UAV, United States Air Force, United States Navy, USS Wasp, Wespe, Westland Wasp, Who
related to Fossils · 20
Wasp → Also, Apocrita, Baltic, Brazil, Colorado, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Electrostephanus, Eocene, Europe, Fig, Florissant, Hymenoptera, Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Triassic, Palaeovespa, Symphyta, The Vespidae, Xyelidae
related to As prey · 18
Wasp → Asian, Batesian, Bee-eaters, Clytus, Eucharitidae, European, Hedychrum, Latina, Likewise, Meropidae, Merops, Minute, Philanthus, Pleistodontes, The, The Chrysididae, Vespa, While
related to Social wasps · 18
Wasp → Agelaia, All, Apoica, Batesian, Dolichovespula, Müllerian, Of, Other, Polistes, Polistinae, Protopolybia, The, Vespidae, Vespinae, Vespula, While, With, Wood
related to In horticulture · 13
Wasp → Aphelinidae, Aphidius, Braconidae, Encarsia, Europe, For, It, Mymaridae, One, Several, Some, Tomato, Trichogrammatidae
related to As parasites · 11
Wasp → According, Ammophila, An, Chrysididae, Dolichovespula, Emery's, For, Many, Most, Polistes, Sand
related to As parasitoids · 11
Wasp → As, For, Lepidoptera, Megarhyssa, Most, Parasitoid, Rhyssa, Some, The, The Ichneumonidae, They
related to Diet · 11
Wasp → Adult, Ammophila, Apart, Eumeninae, Hymenoptera, Others, Predatory, Some, Sphecidae, The Pompilidae, They
related to In literature · 11
Wasp → Aristophanes, BC, Earth, Gods, How It Came, Sphēkes, The, The Ancient Greek, The Food, The Wasps, Wells
related to In sport · 11
Wasp → Alloa Athletic, Among, Australia, Coventry, English, London, Scotland, The, Wantirna, Wasps FC, Wasps RFC

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wasps species many nests solitary social eggs prey larvae insects bees parasitoid sting family body food insect parasitoids host first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Waspis aAsian giant hornet0.90text
whitefly in tomatoesinstance ofmaking wasps valuable in horticulture for biological pest control of species0.80text
other crops.Wasps first appeared in the fossil record in the Jurassicinstance ofmaking wasps valuable in horticulture for biological pest control of species0.80text
and diversified into many surviving superfamilies by the Cretaceousinstance ofmaking wasps valuable in horticulture for biological pest control of species0.80text
Dolichovespula mediainstance ofyellow jackets0.80text
D. sylvestris prefer to nest in treesinstance ofyellow jackets0.80text
shrubsinstance ofyellow jackets0.80text
one large caterpillarinstance ofrepeatedly build nests which they stock with a supply of immobilised prey0.80text
laying a single egg in or on its bodyinstance ofrepeatedly build nests which they stock with a supply of immobilised prey0.80text
and then sealing up the entranceinstance ofrepeatedly build nests which they stock with a supply of immobilised prey0.80text
dead insectsinstance ofand carrion0.80text
D. norwegicainstance ofthe social wasp Dolichovespula adulterina parasitises other members of its genus0.80text

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