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Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysididae
Copyright © 2007 Dick Walton

Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysididae
Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2007
Size: less than .25"
Any ideas on genus?

Images from video - see:
Natural History Services - Solitary Wasps
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Contributed by Dick Walton on 24 November, 2007 - 12:15pm
Last updated 4 January, 2009 - 2:26pm

No.
Not even sure of subfamily here. I'm leaning toward Elampinae (or Elampini, depending on your classification preference). Any teeth on the hind margin of the abdomen?
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 November, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

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