Some can lay eggs in their host which eats them alive from the inside out. An example is the Pepsis wasp which lays it's eggs in tarantulas. Another is the Ichneumon wasp which lays it's eggs on caterpillars. And there's a lot more out there.
A common wasp is an insect that does not need sunlight to grow like plants do. In fact, most wasp hives are built in shady crevices, such as underneath the overhangs on roofs.
Urine does not neutralize wasp stings. In fact, urine that is applied to the spot where you have been stung could cause severe infections to develop.
A wasp sting is an alkali, hence the fact you put vinegar (acid) onto it to stop it hurting. Bee stings however are acidic.
A wasp causes a wasp sting
Yes - there are many types of wasps in California including: German yellowjacket, western yellowjacket, California yellowjacket, paper wasp, mud dauber, fig wasp, Western sand wasp, square headed wasp, bee wolf, Pacific burrowing wasp, gall wasp, soldier wasp, club horned wasp, burrowing wasp, blue mud wasp, cutworm wasp, thread-waisted wasp, mason wasp, potter wasp, and pollen wasp. Obviously this is not a complete list - just scratching the surface really - but it does demonstrate that California has plenty of wasps.
It is a fallacy that you can neutralise wasp venom with vinegar. It came from people believing wasp venom was alkaline: in fact it isn't, it is chemically pretty well neutral. Vinegar is known to have some soothing action for certain skin conditions, but I think with wasp stings a lot of it is a placebo effect.
'Wasp' is 'boombur.'
WASP - AM - was created in 1968.
He was stung by a wasp.
Just like you did: wasp.
insects of the wasp kind
The fly digger wasp, since the wasp eats the fly.