Tala's Wisping Wasps

You create 4 wasps made of smoke and flame that hover around you until the spell ends. You can use a bonus action too command one of the wasps too either attack of defend you. When you command a wasp too attack you make a ranged spell attack. On a hit the target takes 3d8 fire damage. Whether you hit or miss, the wasps is expended. When you command a wasp too defend you it explodes in a 10ft Emanation on you covering the area in magical darkness until the end of your next turn.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the number of wasps created increases by one for each slot level above 5.