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Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysididae

Description:

A beautiful turquoise wasp. Commonly known as cuckoo wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps.

Habitat:

Seen on bushes by the side of a dirt road running through the edge of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, SW Uganda.

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2 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thank you Charlie for the ID.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

These little wasps seem to have representatives worldwide. Nice one Pam.

pamsai
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pamsai

Western, Uganda

Spotted on Jul 17, 2014
Submitted on Sep 9, 2014

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