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Cuckoo Wasp

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Description:

Metallic blue wasp body length ranges from10 to 15 mm.Commonly known as cuckoo wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliantly colored metallic-like bodies.

Habitat:

Commonly found on flower and vegetable gardens. On the forest it usually hangs out early morning among wild flowers and trees.

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wow, again :)
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PublishedJuly 27, 2014

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