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Two famous confrontations signifying a decline in WASP dominance were the 1952 Senate election in Massachusetts, in which John F. Kennedy, a Catholic of Irish descent, defeated WASP Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., [102] and the 1964 challenge by Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater—an Episcopalian [103] who had solid WASP credentials through his mother ...
WASP was preceded by the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). Both were organized separately in September 1942. They were pioneering organizations of civilian women pilots, who were attached to the United States Army Air Forces to fly military aircraft during World War II. On August 5 ...
They are a successful and diverse group of insects with tens of thousands of described species; wasps have spread to all parts of the world except for the polar regions. The largest social wasp is the Asian giant hornet , at up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length; among the largest solitary wasps is a group of species known as tarantula hawks ...
Maggie Gee (August 5, 1923 [1] – February 1, 2013 [2]) was an American aviator who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II. She was one of two Chinese-American women to serve in the organization, the other being Hazel Ying Lee.
With the Masked Singer finale upon us at last, we’re just hours away from (officially) confirming the identities of Season 12’s remaining contestants, Wasp and the Buffalos — though we’re ...
Palaeovespa florissantia, late Eocene. The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as Polistes fuscatus, Vespa orientalis, and Vespula germanica) and many solitary wasps. [1]
They tend to be less conspicuous than the social (wasps) do,” Kimsey said, adding that they are “good to have around” to eat other bugs such as caterpillars. There are roughly 300 species of ...
V. germanica wasps have a diverse diet. They are known to eat carrion, live arthropods (including spiders [12]), fruit, [10] honeydew, and processed human food and garbage. [13] They are opportunistic scavengers and hunters able to obtain food from a variety of different sources. [9]