A solitary wasp that lays its eggs in a cavity which it seals with mud or similar material.
蜾蠃蜂
Several genera in the family Eumenidae
Example sentencesExamples
The mason-wasp does not furnish the cell she has thus constructed with pollen and honey, like the solitary bees, but with living caterpillars.
Female searches diligently on walls and banks for mason wasp nests which she enters, if owner is absent, to parasitise the larvae.
The mason wasp is a solitary insect, and makes her cell either in bricks, mortar, stone, or any other hard substance that happens to suit her.
Another solitary wasp, the mason wasp, chooses a flat surface and begins by building a series of arches out of mud or clay.
The Purbeck mason wasp is a large, red, black-and-yellow mason wasp which provisions its nest with the caterpillars of a tortricid moth which feeds on heathers.
Definition of mason wasp in US English:
mason wasp
noun
A solitary wasp that nests in a cavity or in a hole in the ground, sealing the nest with mud or similar material.
蜾蠃蜂
Several genera in the family Eumenidae
Example sentencesExamples
The Purbeck mason wasp is a large, red, black-and-yellow mason wasp which provisions its nest with the caterpillars of a tortricid moth which feeds on heathers.
The mason-wasp does not furnish the cell she has thus constructed with pollen and honey, like the solitary bees, but with living caterpillars.
Another solitary wasp, the mason wasp, chooses a flat surface and begins by building a series of arches out of mud or clay.
Female searches diligently on walls and banks for mason wasp nests which she enters, if owner is absent, to parasitise the larvae.
The mason wasp is a solitary insect, and makes her cell either in bricks, mortar, stone, or any other hard substance that happens to suit her.