yellow-jacket

Picnic-crashing buzzer

A yellow-jacket is a wasp with black and yellow markings, known for aggressive stinging when disturbed.

Unlike bees, yellow-jackets can sting repeatedly.

They build papery nests in the ground or in structures and become pests at outdoor gatherings, attracted to sugary foods and meat: Yellow-jackets swarmed the picnic table.

insect

wasp

Narrow-bodied stinging insect

  • stingerVenom-injecting body part
  • nestAnimal-built shelter for young
  • venomInjected animal poison

swarm · hive · sting · colony · hornet · picnic · aggressive · buzzing · paper nest · underground

clothing

outerwear

Protective top garments

slicker · windbreaker · cycling · reflective · waterproof · foul weather · sailing · construction · visibility · neon

protest

France

Western European republic

riot · Paris · 2018 · roundabout · blockade · protest movement · working class · inequality · Champs-Élysées · activism

Opposites
insect type/behavior

yellow-jackethoneybee

Nectar-gathering social insect

butterfly · bumblebee · moth · ladybug · firefly

Family

yellow, jacket, yellows, yellowed, yellowing, yellowish, jackets, jacketed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G