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Cuckoo Wasp

Description:

Metallic blue wasp body length ranges from10 to 15 mm.Commonly known as cuckoo wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like bodies.

Habitat:

Commonly found on flower and vegetable gardens. On the forest it usually hangs out early morning among wild flowers and trees.

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2 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

wow, again :)

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Beautiful!

Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 27, 2014
Submitted on Jul 27, 2014

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