wasphood
(ˈwɒsphʊd)
[wasp n.1 + -hood.]
The condition of a wasp.
| 1804–6 Syd. Smith Mor. Philos. xvii. (1850) 244 When the wasp-worm is hatched, it finds a store of provisions ready made; and..the quantity allotted to each is exactly sufficient to support it, till it attains the period of wasphood. |