Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis smaragdula

Description:

Varied greatly in color at different angles. Closest Match on BugGuide I could find was http://bugguide.net/node/view/258012

Species ID Suggestions

10 Comments

gatorfellows 11 years ago

Thanks J and Perils; I do love the chase of bugs out of my area. Struggling through gulls and shorebirds that I spotted on a vacation to the upper Texas coast. Liam is patiently helping me.

Hema Shah 11 years ago

j,gators is great with bugs.

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks gatorfellows! I can't believe I missed this comment!

gatorfellows 11 years ago

Discover Life has range maps and list of the Chrysis sp. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc...
Chrysis smaragdula is in the New York range and has a similar tail.
There is a Buguide reference for this species; http://bugguide.net/node/view/438928
Hope this helps.

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Melissa!
Reza, I think you are right. I'll put that as the ID, and maybe submit it to bugguide to see if they can confirm it.

MelissaFerguson 11 years ago

Really cool!

Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Hi J, I would look into the Genus Chrysis....I have attached a link, I hope it helps....these wasps are so gorgeous http://bugguide.net/node/view/8067/bgima...

Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thanks Maria and Reza!
Reza, I think you are completely correct. Do you know how to go about looking for a species in the family Chrysididae?

Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Hi J, this is such a cool spotting. I think this might be a Cuckoo wasps (Family Chrysididae).....heres a link http://bugguide.net/node/view/35096/bgim...