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common wasp

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Noun1.common waspcommon wasp - a variety of vespid wasp            
vespid, vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps
genus Vespula, Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps


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A tree-wasp colony has only a few hundred inhabitants, but colonies of common wasps number in the thousands, so a single queen can't keep a nest under control.
A lead bullet and a common wasp were chosen as specimens because these are representative of difficult cases for radiography by traditional methods with either x rays or neutrons.
Herre thinks the different species of wasps and nematodes evolved from common wasp and nematode ancestors; the fossil record and genetic similarities bear this out.
 
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