A large number of wasps is called a swarm. Wasps are known to feed on other insects and there are over 20,000 species of wasps.
A large number of wasps is called a swarm. Wasps are known to feed on other insects and there are over 20,000 species of wasps.
A large number of wasps is referred to as a "swarm." This collective noun describes a group of wasps that are typically seen together, often when they are foraging or defending their nest. Other similar terms for groups of insects can include "nest" or "cloud," depending on the context.
The creatures that are called yellow jackets in North America are called wasps in Europe -- so they are really the same. Hornets are a large variety of wasp. There are something like 75,000 different varieties of wasp known throughout the world with widely differing appearances and styles of life. Bees, though related to wasps, are a completely different species.
It's called a large number.
Yellow jacket is the North American name for insects that in the rest of the world are more usually called wasps. There are a large number of varieties of these predatory wasps. They taxonomic classification isKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: HymenopteraFamily: VespidaeSubfamily: VespinaeGenus: Vespula or Dolichovespula
A hive or swarm
a wasp nest
Yes
yes they are. They are called wood wasps because they like to hang around wood or timber.
When their natural food supplies dry up, wasps can be hungry enough to raid a honey bee hive in order to get to the honey stores. An individual wasp will easily be repelled by the guard bees, but a concerted attack by a large number of wasps can succeed in gaining entry and the result will be a lot of dead bees -- and dead wasps.
A herd of buffaloes.
There are over 20,000 different types of wasps in the whole world