sphec-, spheco-, sphek-, spheko-
(Greek: wasp, wasps)
Sphecidae
The solitary wasps, a family of flying insects of the order Hymenoptera that have a long thin body and delicate wings.
Many species can sting and members of this family live in comparative isolation.
Sphecius speciosis
Large black, or rust-colored, wasp that preys on cicadas.
sphecoid
Any of various solitary wasps; such as:
- Mason wasp, a wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young.
- Digger wasp, a wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae.
- Mud dauber, a wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae.
spheksophobia
An uncontrollable angst, or fear, regarding wasps.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates":
aphidi-;
api-;
ascari-;
culci-;
Dung Beetle Survival;
Dung Beetles Important;
Eating Worms;
entomo-;
formic-;
Guinea worms;
helmintho-;
insecto-;
Insects: Importance;
isopter-;
larvi-;
lepidopter-;
meliss-;
mosquito;
Mosquito, other Languages;
Mosquitoes, Pt. 1;
Mosquitoes, Pt. 2;
myrmeco-;
scarab;
scoleco-;
taeni-;
termit-;
vermo-.
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