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Paper wasp cicada-killer wasp All Hail the Queens thread-waisted wasp
The video thumbnail image shows a tarantula hawk wasp attacking a tarantula spider.
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How do social wasps and bees communicate danger?
sand wasp (Bembix)
See a colony of hornets battle with a stag beetle for access to tree sap
Ensign wasp (Evania appendigaster)
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How big are tarantula hawk wasps?
Reaching up to two inches long, these insects are among the largest wasps on Earth.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How do social wasps and bees communicate danger?
An overview of how social wasps and bees use pheromones to communicate danger.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See a colony of hornets battle with a stag beetle for access to tree sap
Several hornets battle a stag beetle for sap.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Paper wasp
Paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus).
Bruce J. Marlin
cicada-killer wasp
Cicada-killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus).
Fritz Geller-Grimm
thread-waisted wasp
Ammophila sabulosa, a species of thread-waisted wasp.
Beentree
Paper wasps (Polistes)
Paper wasps (Polistes)
Anthony Bannister—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
sand wasp (Bembix)
Sand wasp (Bembix).
Peter Firus, Flagstaffotos
Ensign wasp (Evania appendigaster)
Grace Thompson—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
venom
Wasp stinger with a droplet of venom.
Dave/Pollinator
Velvet ant
Velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
Walter Dawn

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All Hail the Queens
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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