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Cuckoo Wasp

Cuckoo Wasp
Lower Ash Canyon W of Hwy 92, Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 14, 2011
Butterfly garden, 5,010' elev, oak-grassland interface. SE Huachuca Mts.

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Moved
Moved from Cuckoo Wasps.
My first impression was that this is Hedychrum because it has this characteristic stout body but judging from wing venation it must belong to the Chrysidini tribe instead. I suspect it belongs to the genus Chrysis but I can't be sure and leave it to the tribe Chrysidini for now.

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