Definitions
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- noun A predatory
wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thankfully I may be missing a whole variety of critters -- it's enough that I had the flying roach land on my bare knee, the large spider in my pants (if it any wonder I prefer being naked, flying roaches aside?), the yellowjacket that committed suicide in the ceiling light fixture despite said fixture now being fitted with fluorescent curly bulbs, and the like.
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This caught my eye in a charity shop £3 because the gold cover wrap, and the name of Asimov, made me think it was an old Gollancz yellowjacket; but, though I immediately realised my mistake I bought it anyway.
Ellery Queen's Crookbook (1974) Adam Roberts 2010
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This caught my eye in a charity shop £3 because the gold cover wrap, and the name of Asimov, made me think it was an old Gollancz yellowjacket; but, though I immediately realised my mistake I bought it anyway.
Archive 2010-02-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Archilochus colubris – ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.
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Archilochus colubris by Darren Garrison — ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.
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Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.
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Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.
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The link to the picture includes comparison photographs of the European paper wasp and the western yellowjacket; up close, they look only vaguely similar.
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Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.
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Archilochus colubris – ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.
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