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Cuckoo Wasp

Stilbum cyanurum

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Field Notes

Description:

family Chrysididae, very shiny in the sunlight beautiful green and blue, it doesn't like to sit still, constantly moving around

Habitat:

found on some rotting wood near a paper wasp's nest

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Cuckoo wasp

Species ID Suggestions

Cuckoo Wasp

Stilbum cyanurum

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Johan Heyns
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PublishedMay 16, 2013

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