wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

is a type of flying insect. Wasp may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

*Several Marvel characters, including: **

Wasp (character) The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #44 (June 1963). Janet van Dyne is usu ...

, introduced in 1963 **

Hope van Dyne Hope van Dyne (née Pym) is a fictional character portrayed primarily by Evangeline Lilly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Hope Pym. Portrayed as the daughter of Hank Pym (Marve ...

, the Marvel Cinematic Universe character ** Nadia van Dyne, who was introduced in 2016 *

Lisbeth Salander Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson in his award-winning Millennium (novel series), ''Millennium'' series. She first appeared in the 2005 novel ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', as a ...

, a character in the ''Millennium'' series nicknamed Wasp *

Waspinator ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' (titled ''Beasties: Transformers'' in Canada) is an animated television series that debuted on September 16, 1996 and ended on May 7, 1999, serving as the flagship of the '' Transformers: Beast Wars'' franchise. It w ...

or Wasp, several ''Transformers'' characters *World Aquanaut Security Patrol, an organization in the television series ''

Stingray Stingrays are a group of sea Batoidea, rays, a type of cartilaginous fish. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae (deepwate ...

Films

* ''Wasp'' (2003 film), a film by Andrea Arnold * ''Wasp'' (2015 film), a British-French film * ''The Wasp'' (1915 film), a short by B. Reeves Eason * ''The Wasp'' (1918 film), a lost silent film comedy drama * ''The Wasp'' (2024 film), a British thriller film

Literature

* ''Wasp'' (novel), a novel by Eric Frank Russell *''

The Wasps ''The Wasps'' () is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC, during Athens' short-lived respite from the Peloponnesian War and shortly before the death o ...

'', a comic play by Aristophanes

Music

W.A.S.P. (band) W.A.S.P. is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1982, emerging from the early Los Angeles heavy metal scene. They became known for their shock rock-themed image, lyrics, and live performances. They have sold over 12 milli ...

, an American rock/metal band ** ''W.A.S.P.'' (album), their 1984 self-titled album *"Wasp", a song by Black Sabbath from the album ''

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...

'' * ''Wasp'' (album), a 1980 album by Shaun Cassidy *"W.A.S.P.", a song from the Dayglo Abortions album, ''

Two Dogs Fucking The Dayglo Abortions (sometimes abbreviated to DGA) are a Canadian hardcore punk and metal band from Victoria, British Columbia. Their lyrics reflect a genre-typical disregard for societal norms. The band was formed in 1979 and released their firs ...

'' * ''The Wasps'' (Vaughan Williams), a 1909 suite for orchestra composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams *"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)", a song by The Doors from the album '' L.A. Woman'' *EDP Wasp, a monophonic synthesizer by

Electronic Dream Plant Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) was a small British synthesizer manufacturer, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the time their products were not particularly successful commercially. In later years products like the "WASP" became prized ...

*WASP, a library music ensemble founded by Steve Gray

Periodicals

* ''The Wasp'' (magazine), a 19th-century San Francisco magazine * ''The Wasp'' (newspaper), a 19th-century newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois

Radio

WASP-LP WASP-LP is a campus variety-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, and serving Huntington and Kenova in West Virginia and Burlington, Ohio Burlington is an unincorporated community and census-designated pla ...

, a low-power radio station (104.5 FM) licensed to serve Huntington, West Virginia, United States *

WASP (AM) WASP (1130 AM) was a radio station formerly licensed to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States. It served the Pittsburgh area. The station was owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC. History WASP was one of the first stations in a last round of ...

, a defunct radio station (1130 AM) formerly licensed to serve Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Science and technology

Information technology

Web Standards Project The Web Standards Project (WaSP) was a group of professional web developers dedicated to disseminating and encouraging the use of the web standards recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups and standards bodies, with ...

WAsP A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

, Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program *

Wireless application service provider A wireless application service provider (WASP) is the generic name for a firm that provides remote services, typically to handheld devices, such as cellphones or PDAs, that connect to wireless data networks. WASPs are a specific category of applica ...

Weapons

AGM-124 Wasp The AGM-124 Wasp is a missile developed by the United States. The Wasp grew out of the 1975 WAAM (Wide-Area Anti-Armour Munitions) program initiated by the US Air Force in order to develop a series of new air-to-ground anti-armour weapons for clo ...

, an American experimental air-to-ground anti-tank missile *

Wasp 58 The Wasp 58 is a 58-mm rocket launcher antitank weapon developed in France in the late 1980s. The weapon was, originally, privately developed by the French firm Luchaire SA, subsidiary of GIAT. History In the early 1980s, Luchaire's sales dep ...

, a recoilless rocket launcher

Other uses in science and technology

Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein The Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is a 502-amino acid protein expressed in cells of the hematopoietic system that in humans is encoded by the ''WAS'' gene. In the inactive state, WASp exists in an autoinhibited conformation with seq ...

Wide Angle Search for Planets WASP or Wide Angle Search for Planets is an international consortium of several academic organisations performing an ultra-wide angle search for exoplanets using transit photometry. The array of robotic telescopes aims to Astronomical survey, s ...

(WASP), a British group searching for extra-solar planets

Sport

Wasps FC {{Infobox rugby team , teamname = Wasps Football Club , nickname = , image = , colours = Black and yellow , fullname = , founded = 1867 , ground = Twyford Avenue Sports Ground , capacity = , location = Acton, Ealing, ...

, an amateur English rugby union club *

Wasps Ladies Wasps Women are a women's rugby union based in Acton, London, England. They were founded in 1984 and play in the Premier 15s. They are the women's team of Wasps FC, who are affiliated to Premiership Rugby team Wasps. They play their home matches ...

, an English women's rugby union club *

Wasps RFC Wasps Rugby Football Club was a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby, until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022, the club entered administration, resulting in ...

, a professional English rugby union club based in the Coventry area (known from 1999 to 2014 as London Wasps) *

York Wasps The York Wasps (known simply as York from 1868 to 1989, Ryedale-York from 1989 to 1996 and York Wasps from 1996 to 2002) was an English professional rugby league club based in York. At the start of the 2002 season, the club was dissolved. A ne ...

, former English rugby league club * Chalfont Wasps F.C., English football club *

Durham Wasps The Durham Wasps were an ice hockey team located in Durham and was one of England's most well-known names in ice hockey. The team was bought by Sir John Hall and moved to the neighbouring city of Newcastle Upon Tyne in August 1996. The Newcast ...

, former British ice–hockey team *

Newport Wasps Newport Wasps were a British motorcycle speedway team based at Somerton Park and then the Hayley Stadium in Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales, from 1964 to 2012. The Wasps logo incorporates the traditional black and amber colours of the City ...

, British speedway team *

Emory and Henry Wasps The Emory & Henry Wasps, also known as E&H Wasps, are the athletic teams that represent Emory and Henry University, Emory & Henry University, located in Emory, Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Wasps will compete as member ...

, NCAA Division III intercollegiate sport team * WASP (cricket calculation tool), an algorithm used in limited overs cricket matches to predict the outcome of games

Transportation

Aviation

ABC Wasp The ABC Wasp was an experimental 170 hp (127 kW) seven-cylinder radial engine designed by the noted British engineer Granville Bradshaw, and primarily built by ABC Motors Limited. An order for twelve experimental ABC Wasp engines was ...

, a British World War I aero engine by ABC Motors *

AeroVironment Wasp III The AeroVironment Wasp III Small Unmanned Aircraft System is a miniature UAV developed for United States Air Force special operations to provide a small, light-weight vehicle to provide beyond-line-of-sight situation awareness. The aircraft is ...

, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for United States Air Force special forces *

Airspeed Queen Wasp The Airspeed AS.30 Queen Wasp was a British pilotless target aircraft built by Airspeed Limited at Portsmouth during the Second World War. Although intended for both Royal Air Force and Royal Navy use, the aircraft never went into series pro ...

, British unmanned target-aircraft * Curtiss 18 Wasp, a little-used American triplane fighter of World War I *

Pratt & Whitney Wasp series The Pratt & Whitney Wasp was the civilian name of a family of air-cooled, radial piston engines developed in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company (P&W) was founded in 1925 by Frederick B. Rentschler, who had previou ...

, a series of piston engines common in the 1930s and 1940s *

Westland Wasp The Westland Wasp is a small 1960s British turbine-powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. Produced by Westland Helicopters, it came from the same Saunders-Roe P.531 programme as the British Army Westland Scout, and is based on the ea ...

, a British-built light shipborne helicopter *

Women Airforce Service Pilots The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became t ...

, World War II American female aviators *Williams Aerial Systems Platform, from

Williams International Williams International is an American manufacturer of small gas turbine engines based in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It produces jet engines for cruise missiles and small jet aircraft. History Dr. Sam B. Williams worked at Chrysler on ...

* Wasp Flight Systems, a British powered hang glider manufacturer ** Wasp SP Mk2, a British powered hang glider design

Land

* Hudson Wasp, 1950s, American automobile * Martin Wasp, 1910s and 20s, American automobile * Wasp Motorcycles, British motorcycle and sidecar manufacturer *Wasp, a variant of the

Universal Carrier The Universal Carrier, a development of the earlier Bren Gun Carrier from its light machine gun armament, was one of a family of light armoured tracked vehicles built by Vickers-Armstrongs and other companies. The first carriers – the Br ...

armored vehicle that was armed with a flamethrower * ICNG (Wasp), 2020s, Passenger rail vehicle built for NS & SNCB

Ships

*, several ships of the Royal Navy *, several ships of the United States Navy *, ships of the United States Navy * ''Wasp'' (1809 ship), a ship that made a whaling voyage in the 1820s * ''Wasp'' (1776 ship), British slaving vessel

Other uses

* Wasp, Pleasants County, West Virginia, a community in the United States *

Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program Wallenberg is a Swedish surname which may refer to: People * Adolf Wallenberg (1862–1949), German internist and neurologist * André Oscar Wallenberg (1816–1886), Swedish banker, industrialist, newspaper tycoon, father of Knuth Agathon, Marc ...

(WASP), Sweden’s largest individual research program *

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants In the United States, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants or Wealthy Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) is a sociological term which is often used to describe white Protestant Americans of English, or more broadly British, descent who are generally par ...

, a sociological group in the United States *

Workers and Socialist Party The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) is a Marxist and Trotskyist political party in South Africa affiliated to International Socialist Alternative. History Marxist Workers Tendency WASP began life as the Marxist Workers Tendency (MWT), opera ...

, a South African political party