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Chrysis angolensis
Blue green wasp uniformly wide through abdomen. Dark wings. Found on oak tree near the Braconid wasp. Cuckoo wasps are known to lay their eggs in a host's nest. Hard to ID, pretty sure subfamily Chrysididae and possibly genus Holopyga (or possibly Chrysis angolensis per the comment suggestion - I have no idea :) )
Columbus Georgia
Spotted on Aug 28, 2016
Submitted on Aug 28, 2016
4 Comments
You're welcome. I know they use many wasps' nest and other insects. Don't know about Braconids though, as they are themselves parasitic.
Thank you @LivanEscudero. I had never heard of (or seen) a Cuckoo wasp before. It was on the same tree and near the egg laying Braconid wasp. Think it was trying to invade her nest?
See here, but also look through other cuckoo wasps : http://bugguide.net/node/view/243038
Cuckoo Wasp. Possibly Chrysis angolensis but not a 100% sure there are a few all very similar looking.