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Metallic bee

Photo by Latimeria
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Field Notes

Description:

Metallic green and blue.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KristalWatrous
I agree. Some sort of jewel wasp in the Chrysididae. Maybe someone else can help you narrow it down further...
lori.tas
Looks like a type of "jewel wasp", possibly in the Omalus family.

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PublishedFebruary 5, 2011

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