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Wasps sting humans without any provocation.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that wasps sting humans without any provocation?

Unclear. The retrieved sources confirm that certain wasps possess venomous stingers and do sting humans, but none of them addresses whether such stings occur without provocation, so the claim's specific assertion remains unaddressed.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 3
Stings in humans by a parasitoid wasp of the genus Sclerodermus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in Venezuela
2021
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Charles, B., Karen, B., & M., G. J. (2021). Stings in humans by a parasitoid wasp of the genus Sclerodermus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) in Venezuela. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4568458

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Human ectoparasitoses caused by flat wasps of the genera Sclerodermus and Cephalonomia (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae).
2025
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P, M., L, S., G, S., V, S., CO, A., M, R., M, O., K, H., L, B., & G, C. (2025). Human ectoparasitoses caused by flat wasps of the genera Sclerodermus and Cephalonomia (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae).. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/ced/llaf041

Horticulture/Wasps
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Horticulture/Wasps. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Horticulture/Wasps

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