Sentence examples for group of wasps from inspiring English sources

Ensign wasp (family Evaniidae), any of a group of wasps (order Hymenoptera) that are so named because the small, oval abdomen is held high like an ensign, or flag.

In one group of wasps, 22 genes matched those of an ancient family of viruses called nudiviruses, the researchers report tomorrow in Science.

An estimate of the percentage of symbiont acquisition via exposure during development (scenario 1 above) was determined by the infection status of this second group of wasps.

Immediately afterwards, a reciprocal group of wasps was tested.

This makes it possible to determine memory retention of a group of wasps more accurately.

As the number of unrelated groups of wasps increased, the more clumps were formed in the box.

A simple extrapolation, assuming that n wasps can oviposit for n times as long as a single wasp, still means that in many cases, small groups of wasps have enough combined lifespan to exploit all ovules in a syconium [20].

Conditioning is expected to result in a shift in preference of the two groups of wasps toward the CS+.

Groups of wasps can be tested simultaneously in this olfactometer, greatly reducing time that is needed to test a certain number of wasps.

From the cuticle, we identified 18 distinct hydrocarbons, a large proportion of which (13, or 72%) showed significant differences across the five groups of wasps (Table  1).

Next, we examined the gene expression profiles in the brains and ovaries of these five groups of wasps, to explore transcriptomic correlates of caste and reproductive dominance.