Victoria Moran

I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.

American Writer

Arnold Palmer

I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of the tracks, the upper crust and the WASPs at the country club. We had chickens and pigs in our yards. We butchered every year. I'll never forget those things.

American Golfer

John Burnside

Given the right information to help them decide, people will opt for conditions that benefit our creaturely neighbours, even where they have no particular interest in larks or cuckoo wasps - because those conditions benefit us.

Scottish Writer

Jo Brand

I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.

British Comedian

Martin McGuinness

I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.

Irish Politician

Bill Condon

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.

American Director

Amanda Harlech

My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps.

English Writer

Missy Elliott

I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.

American Musician

James Woolsey

American Public Servant

Lena Dunham

American Actress

Many are afraid of wasps due to their painful sting. The word can evoke unease.

Common Fear

Wasps are more common in warmer seasons. Their mention might suggest summertime.

Seasonal Presence

Wasps are often confused with bees. Unlike bees, most wasps can sting multiple times.

Misidentification

WASP has historical and cultural connotations of social prestige and exclusivity in the U.S.

Cultural Association

WASP dominance has waned, a term now indicating changing social dynamics.

Societal Change

WASPs are stereotypically viewed as reserved, conservative, and affluent.

Stereotypical Traits

WASP engines have an esteemed history in aviation and are collectible.

Historical Significance

When discussing aviation, clarify that WASP refers to an engine to avoid confusion.

Technical Specificity

 The isolation is so deep and profound that one of our clients would lie on the floor of his cell for hours, just hoping to catch a glimpse of someone's feet as they walked past the door of his cell. Another befriended a wasp that flew into his cell, feeding it and talking to it like a friend.

What happens to people...

 What's the worst bug on the planet? You might vote for the horsefly or perhaps the wasp, but for many people, the worst offender is by far the mosquito. The buzzing, the biting, the itching, the mosquito is one of the most commonly detested pests in the world.

The loathsome, lethal...

 butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants. In return, flowering plants are an abundant and diverse food source for pollinators.

How bees help plants...

 As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.

Licking bees and pulping...

 womb has protected them but now they no longer need it to complete the next stage of their lifecycle they must break out the caterpillars thick skin should be a solid barrier to the parasitic wasp larvae but as their

Body Invaders PIPE National...

 it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile

Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...

 found that are so small nearly as if you can see these creatures these are beetles wasp and slice that are so tiny they are roughly a millimeter as long as you can see they're not close up to all

Spotting the camel...

 fungi spread across the world other creatures such as wasps moths and caterpillars have also fallen prey to these parasites ants are another notable victim of these killer fungi

This Fungus Turns...

 Right across the raid front, prey of all sizes are driven from their hiding places. Even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive.

Army Ants Rampage...

 even wasps must abandon their homes when the ants arrive everything alive in the path of the raiders