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Cuckoo wasp

Chrysididae

Photo by Seema Swami
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Cuckoo wasp - like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps or bees

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Cuckoo wasp

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Comments (5)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Beautiful wasp, Seema! I've removed it from the Flies! mission since it's not a fly :)
RiekoS
Beautiful color wasp.
Mark Ridgway
Lovely wasp Seema... maybe Praestochrysis sp.?

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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