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Cuckoo wasp

Chrysididae

Description:

Cuckoo wasp - like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps or bees

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5 Comments

Beautiful wasp, Seema! I've removed it from the Flies! mission since it's not a fly :)

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Lovely spotting!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Beautiful color wasp.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Lovely wasp Seema... maybe Praestochrysis sp.?

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Brilliant shot of this beautiful wasp, Seema !

Seema Swami
Spotted by
Seema Swami

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Aug 26, 2012
Submitted on Sep 19, 2013

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