cockroach wasps emerged from the cracks and inspected the cluttered pantry, searching for hosts.

The gardeners were careful when they trimmed the bushes because paper wasps had built a nest there.

Beachgoers hurried out of the water when they spotted sea wasps drifting near the shore.

Solitary wasps often provision each nest cell with paralyzed insects to feed their larvae.

Potter wasps carefully shape small mud nests on the garden wall, each chamber stocked with a single paralyzed caterpillar for its larva.

In many orchards, chalcid wasps act as natural pest controllers by parasitizing caterpillars and other crop pests.

In the early morning, pollen wasps inspected the blossoms, carrying tiny yellow grains on their legs.

Journalists compared the sensational headlines to media wasps, buzzing around every scandal.

Sand wasps dug a series of tunnels along the sun-warmed dune while I watched from a safe distance.

The warrior wasps defended their nest with coordinated aerial attacks at dawn.