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 fictional 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 ...

, introduced in 1963 **

Hope van Dyne Hope van Dyne (née Pym) is a fictional character portrayed 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 and Janet van ...

, the Marvel Cinematic Universe character ** Nadia van Dyne, who was introduced in 2016 *Lisbeth Salander, a character in the ''Millennium'' series nicknamed Wasp *Waspinator or Wasp, several ''Transformers'' characters *World Aquanaut Security Patrol, an organization in the television series ''Stingray (1964 TV series), Stingray''

Films

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

Literature

*Wasp (novel), ''Wasp'' (novel), a novel by Eric Frank Russell *''The Wasps'', a comic play by Aristophanes

Music

*W.A.S.P. (band), an American rock/metal band **W.A.S.P. (album), ''W.A.S.P.'' (album), their 1984 self-titled album *"Wasp", a song by Black Sabbath from the album ''Black Sabbath (album), Black Sabbath'' *Wasp (album), ''Wasp'' (album), a 1980 album by Shaun Cassidy *"W.A.S.P.", a song from the Dayglo Abortions album, ''Two Dogs Fucking'' *The Wasps (Vaughan Williams), ''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

Periodicals

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

Radio

*WASP-LP, a low-power radio station (104.5 FM) licensed to serve Huntington, West Virginia, United States *WASP (AM), a defunct radio station (1130 AM) formerly licensed to serve Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Science and technology

Information technology

*Web Standards Project *WAsP, Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program *Wireless application service provider

Weapons

*AGM-124 Wasp, an American experimental air-to-ground anti-tank missile *Wasp 58, a recoilless rocket launcher

Other uses in science and technology

*Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein *Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP), a British group searching for extra-solar planets

Sport

*Wasps FC, an amateur English rugby union club *Wasps Ladies, an English women's rugby union club *Wasps RFC, a professional English rugby union club based in the Coventry area (known from 1999 to 2014 as London Wasps) *York Wasps, former English rugby league club *Chalfont Wasps F.C., English football club *Durham Wasps, former British ice–hockey team *Newport Wasps, British speedway team *Emory and Henry Wasps, 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, a British World War I aero engine by ABC Motors *AeroVironment Wasp III, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for United States Air Force special forces *Airspeed Queen Wasp, British unmanned target-aircraft *Curtiss 18 Wasp, a little-used American triplane fighter of World War I *Pratt & Whitney Wasp series, a series of piston engines common in the 1930s and 1940s *Westland Wasp, a British-built light shipborne helicopter *Women Airforce Service Pilots, World War II American female aviators *Williams Aerial Systems Platform, from Williams International *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 armored vehicle that was armed with a flamethrower

Ships

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

Other uses

*White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs), an upper class elite in the United States *Wasp, Pleasants County, West Virginia, a community in the United States *Workers and Socialist Party, a South African political party