hornet
Large angry wasp
A hornet is a large wasp, typically with a black and yellow striped body and a painful sting.
Hornets are more aggressive than common wasps and build papery nests in trees or sheltered spaces.
To stir up a hornet's nest is to provoke a fierce, hostile reaction: His comments about the budget stirred up a hornet's nest.
Narrow-bodied stinging insect
- beeStinging nectar gatherer
- antSmall colonial insect
- yellowjacketStinging insect with bands
- vespidWasp family insect
hymenoptera · insect · arthropod · invertebrate · exoskeleton · mandible · antennae · thorax
Injected animal poison
- painBodily or emotional distress
- stingerVenom-injecting body part
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- allergyAdverse immune response
anaphylaxis · inflammation · welt · puncture · reaction · redness · itching · antihistamine
Bee dwelling structure
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- swarmMass of moving insects
- broodHatchlings as a group
- queenMost powerful chess piece
worker · larvae · pupae · comb · cells · paper · pheromones · caste
Violently intense or aggressive
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
belligerent · antagonistic · combative · confrontational · defensive · territorial · attack · swarm
Continuous low drone
- humLow steady sound
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- whirContinuous humming sound
thrum · whirr · rumble · murmur · flutter · droning · humming · buzzing
Creature eating only animals
- hunterPursuer of prey
- preyAnimal being hunted
- cicadaLoud singing insect
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
beetle · aphid · pollinator · scavenger · pest-control · beneficial · ecosystem · raider
wasp
Narrow-bodied stinging insect
- beeStinging nectar gatherer
- antSmall colonial insect
- yellowjacketStinging insect with bands
vespid · hymenoptera · insect · arthropod · invertebrate · exoskeleton · mandible · antennae · thorax · abdomen
venom
Injected animal poison
allergy · anaphylaxis · inflammation · welt · puncture · reaction · redness · itching · antihistamine · epinephrine
hive
Bee dwelling structure
queen · worker · larvae · pupae · comb · cells · paper · pheromones · caste · foraging
fierce
Violently intense or aggressive
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
ferocious · belligerent · antagonistic · combative · confrontational · defensive · territorial · attack · swarm · provoked
buzz
Continuous low drone
whir · thrum · whirr · rumble · murmur · flutter · droning · humming · buzzing
carnivore
Creature eating only animals
caterpillar · beetle · aphid · pollinator · scavenger · pest-control · beneficial · ecosystem · raider
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- bugsbeetle, cricket, bug, firefly, cockroach
- garden bugsant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly
- large insectsrhinoceros beetle, elephant beetle, giant water bug, atlas moth, stag beetle
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
- stinging creaturesbee, wasp, scorpion, fire ant, yellow jacket
hornethoneybee
Nectar-gathering social insect
bumblebee · mason bee · bee · sweat bee · carpenter bee
hornetaphid
Sap-sucking garden pest
caterpillar · fly · moth · cicada · grasshopper
- hornet's nestAggressive insect hive
- air hornsPressurized handheld noisemakers
- take the bull by the hornsConfront a difficulty directly
- lock hornsEnter into conflict
- hornets' nestSource of angry chaos
- Charlotte Hornets