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Cuckoo wasp

Description:

Cuckoo wasp the Hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or cleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like bodies (thus the common names jewel wasp, gold wasp, or emerald wasp are sometimes used)

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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Great spotting..!!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow, Wonderful color!

Ashok N Pulliyerengi
Ashok N Pulliyerengi 11 years ago

thanks leanne

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Fantastic :)

Thrissur, Kerala, India

Spotted on Jul 12, 2012
Submitted on Jul 12, 2012

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