Ruby-tailed wasp

Chrysis pseudobrevitarsis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae

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

Ruby-tailed wasp — (c) Skjold Søndergaard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Skjold Søndergaard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionChrysis ignita, Wikipedia contributors

Ruby-tailed wasp

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