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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) » Chrysidinae » Elampini
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metallic fly or bee?
Copyright © 2018 javiehweg

metallic fly or bee?
Belmar, New Jersey, USA
May 21, 2018
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Contributed by javiehweg on 10 June, 2018 - 1:30pm
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 9:53am

Moved
Moved from Chrysidinae.
… Villu Soon, 22 June, 2023 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 23 June, 2018 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

Neither actually ...
... rather a parasitic wasp, of the family Chrysididae (parasitoids of bees).
… Bob Zuparko, 10 June, 2018 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
it certainly does look like that
but, if those are "normal-sized" sand grains, wouldn't it have to be on the tiny side?
… Steve Scholnick, 10 June, 2018 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
"normal" sand grains
Those are normal grains of sand and it was a tiny insect
… javiehweg, 10 June, 2018 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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