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Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula

Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula
Santa Barbara County, California, USA
July 22, 2010
Size: ~5mm
Found in coastal sandy back dune habitat nectaring on seacliff buckwheat (Eriogonum parvifolium)

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Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula - female Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula - female Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis aridula - female

Chrysis aridula Bohart -- det. L.S. Kimsey
new to the guide -- thanks for this addition, Alice: great work providing photos of the right parts

Moved from Cuckoo Wasps.

great series
link sent to Dr Kimsey, let's wait for a name

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