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A wasp with a wardrobe and zero chill, crashing every picnic uninvited.
means A yellow-and-black stinging wasp (genus Vespula or Dolichovespula) that nests in colonies, often underground, and is especially aggressive when its nest is disturbed or food is nearby.
from Straightforward compound naming: 'yellow' for the banded color, 'jacket' for the look of a worn garment wrapping the body — a very American coinage, first recorded in the 1700s, describing the insect the way you'd describe a person's outfit. The term also got borrowed for other yellow-and-black-banded things over the centuries, but the wasp is the original and the one that stuck in everyday speech.
- not a bee
- it is a wasp, hence no fuzz, all attitude
- sting repeat
- can sting multiple times, keeps the stinger intact
- peak season
- most aggressive in late summer when food runs scarce
- nest size
- colonies can hold thousands, hidden underground or in walls