Parnopes edwardsii

Parnopes edwardsii

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae

Parnopes edwardsii is a species of parasitic cuckoo wasp. Native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains, the metallic blue-green wasps are nest parasites of sand wasps. References Further reading Kimsey, Lynn Siri (2006).

Distribution

Parnopes edwardsii — (c) Dee Shea Himes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 18Canada · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Dee Shea Himes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionParnopes edwardsii, Wikipedia contributors

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