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Elizabeth Lockhart Mr Berardo Aviation History November 18, 2014 Women Airforce Service Pilots: WASPs A wasp is loosely defined as a winged insect with a narrow waist and a stinger. They’re annoying little bugs that hurt when they sting. Although, a WASP, is something entirely different. A WASP is the acronym for Women Airforce Service Pilots. Which operated during World War 2. This organization began as two separate groups; the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). The two groups merged and on August 5, 1943 became one large organization, the WASPs. In May of 1940 Nancy Harkness Love began recruiting female pilots to ferry airplanes for the US military. She recruited 49 women…

the wasps might have fashioned it for themselves" (Brooks 3). As Bruce Brooks matured, he understood that the wasp house he had discovered was built by nature, and not by man. Like the thought processes of many other five-year-olds, Bruce Brooks' chain of thought was childlike and incomplete. Although first led by the design of the nest to believe that it was man-made, Brooks soon discovered that that was not so, much to his disbelief and dismay. By the end of the narrative, the wasp nest had…

of insects, comprises the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 species are recognized (Janke 2), with many more remaining to be described. Many factors have led to this order’s success, through the development of wings, their immense range of behavioral adaptation, and namely: their highly complex ways of self-defense, mainly those of the biochemical and morphological nature. From the famous “cow-killer” to the range of stings of the Vespidae, to the venom of harvester ants such as the…

1. My favorite parasitism example Ed Yong spoke about was the Ampulex compressa, or the emerald cockroach wasp. The wasp ability and understanding of how to blindly seek particular sections of the brain using only it’s stinger is simply fascinating. Not only does the wasp find the particular sections needed, it then implants venom into specific clusters of neurons. The ability to implant a particular part of the body into another organism and manipulate that organism, all without being able to…

Determining the affects of natural selection on gall fly (Eurosta) larvae from different predators Ariel O’Neil Biology 1020H Abstract This lab was done with the objective of determining if directional selection causes early larvae death in the gall fly. By first examining the parasitoid wasp and birds predatory actions we can hypothesize and predict the smaller galls will be most likely to survive directional selection. To figure out if this is true or not a large variety of goldenrod galls…

Exoplanet called WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it seem almost entirely pitch black. Astronomers from McGill University, Canada, and the University of Exeter, UK, have measured how much light WASP-12b reflects- its albedo- using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. WASP-12b's albedo measured in at 0.064. This amount of light is extremely low. The planet is darker than freshly laid asphalt. The Exoplanet is two times less reflective than our…

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Wasp is an Academy Award winning short film production written and directed by Andrea Arnold, starring Natalie Press and Featuring Danny Dyer. Zoë (Andrea Arnold) is a single mother of four living in a grotty Dartford cancel estate. Stuck in a desirable state for a better life and a love interest such as David Beckham, whilst struggling to provide and care for herself and children with the basic needs of food. Zoë becomes fixated on an old friend - Dave (Danny Dyer) that is recently making a…

A wasp nest on a property is an unwelcome sight for residents and business owners, especially if the location of the nest is close to where people move about. With wasp nest removal treatment, these worries will be a thing of the past thanks to the wasp control services we offer. In a controlled manner, we can remove a nest while guaranteeing your safety and those around you, including pets. Spotting a Wasp or Hornet Both the wasp and hornet have a striped appearance of alternating black and…

Wasps make up an enormously diverse array of insects, with some 30,000 identified species. We are most familiar with those that are wrapped in bright warning colors—ones that buzz angrily about in groups and threaten us with painful stings. But most wasps are actually solitary, non-stinging varieties. And all do far more good for humans by controlling pest insect populations than harm. Wasps are distinguishable from bees by their pointed lower abdomens and the narrow "waist," called a petiole,…