Emerald Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysididae)

Photo by Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

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Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Thank you, Tiz and kdpicturemaker. It was not my picture that was good it was the wasp that was very photogenic!!

kdpicturemaker

Beautiful clear Cuckoo Wasp image. Well done.

Tiz

What a beautiful and crisp photo! Thse are so small! Super impressed!

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Thank you so much, for the Link, LivanEscudero. So my spotting is a Female and maybe was laying eggs?!

LivanEscudero

Yes that "tail" is the ovipositor which normally is retracted inside the abdomen. Here is a picture showing it on an other Cuckoo wasp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/713680/bgpage

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Very much alive , it took off as soon as I let it out.

LaurenZarate

Was this one dead or dying?

LaurenZarate

So beautiful Gilma! These are usually so hard to photograph outside. I think Cuckoo Wasp also, if you look at pictures of them, many often have their ovipositors-stingers extruded and that might be the case here.

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Thank you so much for the ID, venusflytrap2000. Happy you like the spotting, it has such an spectacular sheen!!

Caleb Steindel

that is a very good point, i neglected that. i'd still go with cuckoo wasp, but dunno about the tail. Mutation? ;)

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

I am pretty sure it is a Cuckoo Wasp, the only thing is that most of the pictures I saw, none has the tail like my spotting?

Caleb Steindel

welcome as always gilma ;) by the way it's a very neat spotting, i like it!

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Meisterheim Family, It came inside my home and it was in a teak log.

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Thank you, venusflytrap2000. I will give that a try.