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Chrysis smaragdula
Photo#332451
Copyright © 2009
Aaron Kiely
Cuckoo Wasp -
Chrysis smaragdula
Corolla, Currituck County, North Carolina, USA
August 24, 2009
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Contributed by
Aaron Kiely
on 13 September, 2009 - 1:58pm
Last updated 15 August, 2010 - 3:01pm
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Villu Soon
, 15 August, 2010 - 3:01pm
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Moved
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Chrysidinae
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This looks very much like
Chrysis smaragdula
, if the end of abdomen would be visible it would be much easier. I am still confident with this identification since the other few cuckoo wasps in the USA with this kind of mesopleura have much denser but less deep punctures on abdomen than this one.
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Villu Soon
, 15 August, 2010 - 2:45pm
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v belov
, 29 July, 2010 - 12:12pm
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