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Silvery, green-eyed wasp - Liris
Copyright © 2021 sarinole

Silvery, green-eyed wasp - Liris
Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
November 29, 2021
Size: 10-15mm
Active wasp on Euphorbia (unsure which). Body color shifted from black to silver depending on angle of sunlight (no flash); wings same, from brown to blue/green. Leg joints, tegula--green metallic accents. Silvery dorso-lateral stripes on abdomen that disappeared in certain light; did not meet in the middle. Posting a lot of pix in hopes of ID.

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Contributed by sarinole on 30 November, 2021 - 8:37am
Last updated 2 December, 2021 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from Larrini.

Moved per Dr. Matthias Buck's ID on iNat

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102240617
… sarinole, 2 December, 2021 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 November, 2021 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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