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Ruby-tailed wasp

Chrysis ignita

Classification

Class
Insecta

Chrysis ignita is a species of cuckoo wasp. It is one of a group of species which are difficult to separate and which may be referred to as ruby-tailed wasps. Cuckoo wasps are parasitoids and kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species where their young consume the larvae of their hosts.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 275United Kingdom · 14Netherlands · 6France · 3Luxembourg · 1Spain · 1