Cuckoo Wasp

Stilbum cyanurum

Description:

Spotted this Cuckoo wasp in my bedroom. Captured it for a photo session and released it afterwards. When disturbed, it rolls up in a ball as seen it photo 2. This is called conglobation.

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9 Comments

marirs 10 years ago

Very beautiful!

Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Superb Johan.

BugEric 10 years ago

My apologies: Administrators have changed "Wasps of the World" to a local mission, "Wasps of Colorado, USA." Please consider adding to this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9004..., "Hymenoptera of the World." Thank you.

Tiz 10 years ago

What a great study of the wasp! I am not sure, but it looks like the "back" of "my wasp" has a quite different setup. (comparing my picture 2 to your picture 5) But the difference in colouration within the same species is quite common in this family, as far as I have understood...