yellow jackets
Ground-nesting social wasps
Yellow jackets are wasps with distinctive black and yellow striped markings, known for aggressive behavior when disturbed.
Unlike bees, they can sting repeatedly.
They nest in the ground or in enclosed spaces and become especially troublesome at late-summer picnics, attracted to sweet foods and meat.
In slang, yellow jackets are pentobarbital capsules, named for their color.
- stingSharp wound from insect
- waspNarrow-bodied stinging insect
- yellowjacketStinging insect with bands
- venomInjected animal poison
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
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