yellowjacket

Example Sentences

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Monarch butterflies, yellowjacket wasps and ruby-red velvet ants, for example, use bright or contrasting coloration to warn predators of their toxicity.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023

You can absolutely neutralize a threatening yellowjacket or the tribe of cockroaches nibbling at your baking supplies.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

The distance to the mountain from Yelm in a straight line is perhaps fifty miles; but by the mule and yellowjacket trail we had to follow it is a hundred miles.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John