Meaning of solitary wasp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solitary, wasp.
2. An informal taxonomic grouping of genera of wasps that included most of those with solitary habits.
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Examples

“In the principal species of the Solitary Wasps, the insect is smaller than the working wasp of the social kind.”

“The Solitary Wasps usually make⟳ their nests of clay or agglutinated sand, generally attaching them to walls and palings; a few also burrow in sandy ground.”

“The true wasps (Diploptera) are divided into two families, Eumenides and Vespides. The fore-wings are folded longitudinally in repose. The solitary wasps much resemble⟳ the Fossores in their habits ; and differ⟳ from the social wasps in having bifid claws.”

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