Cuckoo Wasp

Description:

These wasps are often highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like bodies. Chrysidines are distinguished from the members of other subfamilies in that most can curl into a defensive ball, in a process known as conglobation. This ability is shared with pill bugs, pill millipedes (which are often mistaken for pill bugs), and armadilloes.

Habitat:

Sharing the Gregg's Mistflower blooms with the honey bees and butterflies.