Stinger in a swarm (4)

I believe the answer is:

wasp

(Other definitions for wasp that I've seen before include "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" , "Insect often irritating in summer" , "Being in the American elite" , "type dominant across the pond" , "Influential American" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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