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Cuckoo wasp

Hymenopteran

Photo by Glen Marks
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Field Notes

Notes:

About 10mm in length.

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Cuckoo wasp

Species ID Suggestions

Metallic green bee

Agapostemon sp.

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Comments (2)
Glen Marks
I tend to agree Tom. I've been seeing these for a few years and not once have they been spotted on flowers. They seem to only hang around the raspberry bushes in the garden when in bloom and the bees are thick. Makes sense to me seeing as they are a parasitic wasp.
Tom15
It looks like one of the Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) to me. http://bugguide.net/node/view/6946/bgimage
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PublishedMay 24, 2013

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